Johnson, Vermont is a town in Lamoille County, north of Hyde Park and east of Jeffersonville, Vermont. Johnson is home of Johnson State College, a part the Vermont State Colleges system. The Vermont Studio Center and The Deep Root Organic Cooperative are located in the village of Johnson, a part of the town.
Johnson, Vermont and a part of neighboring Cambridge, Vermont were together known as King's College Tract being created by a royal charter of British King George III in 1774. The King's College Tract was reserved for the eventual expansion of Kings College in New York, today's Columbia University.