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Johnstone is a town in Renfrewshire and located in the west-central lowlands of Scotland, three miles west of neighbouring Paisley and twelve miles west of Glasgow.

Planned in the year 1781 by George Houstoun, Laird of Johnstone. It is essentially a product of the first Industrial Revolution. The estate and lands, on which it was built, however, have historical associations that go back for many centuries.

There is no clear record of the origin of the name "Johnstone". It may have developed from John's dwelling or homestead, John having been some feudal lord to whom the land was given by Walter the High Steward of Scotland when he divided out his vast domains in the lands we now call Renfrewshire.

The name Johnstone appears on one of the earliest maps of Scotland (surveyed by Timothy Pont) which must have been completed about the year 1590. It is written Ihonstoun. In other charts and documents, it is written Johnstown, Johnston, etc. Spelling of place names was not standardised until modern times.