Johnson City
Tennessee, United States
Also known as: Haynesville, Johnson’s Depot
Johnson City, city, Washington county, northeastern Tennessee, U.S. It lies in a valley in the southern Appalachian Mountains, about 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Knoxville and just west of Elizabethton. The area was settled in the 1760s. Originally a part of North Carolina, it was included in the Watauga Association, a form of self-government organized in 1772, and a few years later it was part of the short-lived state of Franklin. Following the arrival...