Located on the western end of Ramsey Fill in rural Frelinghuysen Township, the station generated only modest passenger and freight business for the railroad.

The station was temporarily reopened in 1941 to serve as a command post for the clearing of the landslide that took place within nearby Armstrong Cut.

After the closing of the station building, Johnsonburg continued to be a flag stop on the Cut-Off until the 1960s.

In the early 1990s, the station building was rehabilitated by Jerry Turco, who owned the Cut-Off from 1985–2001, after the line had been abandoned by Conrail.

But the isolated building was subject to vandalism, and in 2007, Johnsonburg station was demolished by the state of New Jersey.