The Johnson City-Jonesborough-Washington
County Tennessee region has a colorful and fascinating
history. The county was established in 1777 as Washington County,
North Carolina and was named in honor of General George Washington while
the Revolutionary War was underway. At that time, "Washington County"
included the geographic area that later became the entire State of Tennessee.
The County also was part of the "State
of Franklin" from 1784 through 1788 (an attempt to create the fourteenth
state) prior to Tennessee becoming a state in 1796. The "Washington
District" was the first political jurisdiction in
the U.S. named for George Washington.
Jonesborough,
Tennessee's oldest Town, has been carefully
restored as one of the nation's most authentic historic districts from the
period 1790 - 1870 and is home to the International
Storytelling Center. Johnson City, originally known as Johnson's
Depot, was a major railway center for the southeastern states
and was the headquarters for the Carolina, Clinchfield, and Ohio (Clinchfield)
and East Tennessee and Western North Carolina (Tweetsie) Railroads.
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