Jonesborough, Tennessee Jonesborough, Tennessee Washington County Courthouse in Jonesborough Washington County Courthouse in Jonesborough Location of Jonesborough, Tennessee Location of Jonesborough, Tennessee Jonesborough (historically also Jonesboro) is a town in, and the governmental center of county of, Washington County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.
Jonesborough is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City Kingsport Bristol, TN-VA Combined Travel Destination commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.
Jonesborough was established in 1779, 17 years before Tennessee became a state and while the region was under the jurisdiction of North Carolina.
Main Street, part of the Jonesborough Historic District Jonesborough was originally a part of the Washington District.
Jonesborough is often considered to be the center of the abolitionist boss inside the states that would join the Confederacy amid the American Civil War.
In the 1840s, Jonesborough became the second hometown to the Jonesborough Whig, a journal presented by William G.
Brownlow and rival editor/Methodist circuit rider Landon Carter Haynes brawled in the streets of Jonesborough in May 1840.
The Chester Inn, assembled in 1797, still stands in downtown Jonesborough Today, Jonesborough attracts tradition tourism because of its historical status as Tennessee's earliest town and its momentous historic preservation accomplishments that have preserved a rich architectural fabric.
The historic Chester Inn, assembled in 1797, still stands in downtown Jonesborough. The Jonesborough Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
The earliest surviving building, the Christopher Taylor House (built in 1777 about a mile outside of the initial town limits), was relocated to a lot inside the historic district.
Jonesborough is the home to the International Storytelling Center, which holds the annual National Storytelling Festival on the first full weekend in October.
The festival inspired the evolution of a prosperous storytelling graduate degree program at the close-by East Tennessee State University. The Watauga passes approximately 10 miles (16 km) to the northeast of Jonesborough, and the Nolichucky passes roughly 10 miles (16 km) to the southwest.
The chief crest of the Appalachian Mountains rises just a several miles southeast of Jonesborough.
Jonesborough is centered on the junction of Andrew Johnson Highway (which is part of both U.S.
Route 11), which joins the town to Greeneville to the southwest and Johnson City to the northeast, and State Route 81, which joins Jonesborough to Interstate 81 to the northwest and Interstate 26 at Erwin to the southeast.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 4.3 square miles (11 km2), all of it land.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 19.5% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
Jonesborough Public Schools are part of Washington County Schools.
The Washington County School District has nine elementary schools, two middle schools and three high schools. Schools positioned in Jonesborough include: Jonesborough Elementary School Jonesborough Middle School The Christopher Taylor House, assembled c.
Cunningham-Clayton House, assembled c.
Main Street, assembled 1821 Old Jonesborough Female Academy, 205 W.
College Street, assembled c.
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Main Street, assembled 1849 with Federal influence Main Street, assembled 1880 Main Street, c.
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Main Street, assembled 1869 Main Street, assembled 1926 Residential Buildings, 105/107 Spring Street, assembled c.
"Historic Jonesborough - A Little History; Jonesborough.com; retrieved 5-1-2008.
James Bellamy, "The Political Career of Landon Carter Haynes," East Tennessee Historical Society Publications, No.
Storytelling Degree information; East Tennessee State University online.
"Enumeration of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses".
"Jonesborough Repertory Theatre website".
"The Christopher Taylor House"; Haunt Masters; 'Haunted Jonesborough; by Charles Edwin Price; retrieved 5-1-2008.
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