Editing Johnsburg, Illinois (section)

== Cultural references ==
[[Tom Waits]] wrote a song called "Johnsburg, Illinois" in 1982. He included it on his album of the following year ''[[Swordfishtrombones]]''. It is a short, poignant love poem to his wife, [[Kathleen Brennan]], who grew up in the village.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/johnsburg-illinois-t2819905|title = Johnsburg, Illinois - Tom Waits &#124; Song Info &#124; AllMusic|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

The country music duo [[The Handsome Family]] (formerly of Chicago) referred to Johnsburg in the title track of their album ''[[In the Air (The Handsome Family album)|In the Air]],'' in the lyrics "Last night at the bridge to Johnsburg I swerved down a dead end street" and "Those wild dogs brought back that smell of falling snow and the girl who lives in Johnsburg across a bridge I cannot cross."{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}