Place:Johnston, Polk, Iowa, United States

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NameJohnston
TypeCity
Coordinates41.671°N 93.706°W
Located inPolk, Iowa, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Rittgers Cemetery
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Johnston is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 24,064 in the 2020 census, an increase of 178% from the 8,649 population in 2000. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Johnston is the location of the headquarters of Pioneer Hi-Bred Seeds, Iowa Public Television, and The Gardeners of America/Men's Garden Clubs of America. Also located here are the Camp Dodge Military Reservation as well as the Paul J. and Ida Trier House, a private residence designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Des Moines Weather Forecast Office of the National Weather Service.

This city is also remembered for being the location where Slipknot's original bassist Paul Gray died in 2010.

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