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Johnson City

Texas, United States
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Johnson City, city, seat (1890) of Blanco county, south-central Texas, U.S., 40 miles (64 km) west of Austin. The hometown of President Lyndon B. Johnson, it was founded in 1879 by James Polk Johnson, a forebear of the president. Located in the scenic hills of the Pedernales River valley, it is a ranching supply centre and tourist base for the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park, designated a national historic site in 1969 and later...

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