JOHNSTONE, a manufacturing town of Scotland in the county of Renfrew, situate on the Black Cart Water, 10 miles W. of Glasgow, with which it is connected by railway and canal. Johnstone is a modern town, with well-built houses and open streets. Its increase in size and population has been rapid on account of the introduction of cotton
mills and iron foundries. At the beginning of the present century there were only from 10 to 20 houses in the village, while in 1851 there were 311. The manufactures of the place now include cotton, iron, machinery, and brass. Pop. (1851) 5872.