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Johnson is an incorporated village in Nemaha County, in far southeastern Nebraska west of the county seat of Auburn.

Johnson counted 306 residents in the 2020 census.

In the 2000 census Johnson had 280 residents, making it one of the few small Nebraska villages to grow modestly across those two decades.

Recent American Community Survey five-year survey estimates put Johnson at about 125 households.

Johnson lies in a county that forms the core of the old Nemaha Half-Breed Reservation, created by the 1830 Treaty of Prairie du Chien for the mixed-ancestry descendants of traders and Native Americans.

Johnson is home to Johnson-Brock High School, whose football field has artificial turf, a feature the county tourism office notes is unique for a school of Johnson-Brock's size.

Sportsman's Park, built in 2001, gives the village two softball and baseball diamonds, a sand volleyball court, a half-mile walking trail, a picnic shelter and a playground.

Downtown's Gazebo Park is built around a gazebo that has been part of Johnson's history for more than a hundred years, refurbished by local volunteers.

Johnson's signature event is the Father's Day Chicken BBQ, held each Father's Day weekend; the 55th annual barbecue took place in 2019.

The village's weekly newspaper, The Johnson Rag, is published by an all-volunteer staff.