Mountain City, Tennessee Mountain City, Tennessee Location of Mountain City, Tennessee Location of Mountain City, Tennessee Mountain City is a town in Johnson County, Tennessee, United States.
Mountain City is the governmental center of county of Johnson County. It is the northeasternmost governmental center of county in Tennessee.
When the first Euro-American explorers appeared in what is now the Mountain City region in the late 17th century, well-worn Native American trails passed through the area.
In 1949, workers at the Maymead quarry (just south of Mountain City) identified a cave with a several early Mississippian-era (ca.
Explorer Daniel Boone made use of the same gap on an expedition to what is now Kentucky in 1769, and today part of the Daniel Boone Heritage Trail which follows Boone's route passes through Mountain City. The first permanent Euro-American pioneer appeared in the Mountain City region in the late 18th century, among them Leonard Shoun and Revolutionary War veteran Alexander Doran.
The region was initially part of Carter County, but the difficulty of reaching Elizabethton (the county seat) led to the creation of Johnson County in 1836. That year, a governmental center of county for the new county was platted on territory purchased from William Vaught, and titled Taylorsville after Colonel James P.
Taylor. The name of the town was changed to "Mountain City" in 1885, presumably at the urging of Roderick R.
In May 1925, Mountain City was the site of a musical gathering, the first Mountain City Fiddlers Convention, that is considered a landmark event in the undivided history of Appalachian traditional music. The convention contributed decidedly to the evolution of nation music, and is memorialized every summer, at the Old Time Fiddler's Convention in close-by Laurel Bloomery. Since 1982, Mountain City has been home to a luxury inn and nation club, now known as the Red - Tail Mountain Resort.
Mountain City, viewed from Sunset Memorial Park; the Iron Mountains rise in the background.
Mountain City is positioned at 36 28 6 N 81 48 14 W (36.468444, -81.803856). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 3.3 square miles (8.6 km ), all land.
At just over 2,400 feet (730 m), Mountain City is situated in one of the highest valleys in the state of Tennessee.
Doe Mountain rises to the southwest, Forge Mountain rises to the east, and the Iron Mountains rise prominently to the north.
The Tennessee-North Carolina border runs opposite Forge Mountain approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Mountain City, and the Tennessee-Virginia border passes about 10 miles (16 km) to the north.
Route 421 (Shady Street) joins Mountain City with Bristol, Tennessee, to the northwest and Boone, North Carolina, to the southeast.
Tennessee State Route 67 traverses the Doe Creek Valley on the north side of Doe Mountain, and joins Mountain City with Carter County and the Watauga Lake areas to the west.
167, follows the Roan Creek Valley on the south side of Doe Mountain, rejoining S.R.
67 at Shouns in the southern part of Mountain City.
Tennessee State Route 91 joins Mountain City to Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee, and Damascus, Virginia, to the north (the road becomes Virginia State Route 91 at the state line).
Tennessee's lowest temperature on record was reported in Mountain City on December 30, 1917, at 32 F ( 36 C). Mountain City has an oceanic climate (Cfb) with monthly averages ranging from 35.2 to 70.2 degrees Fahrenheit in December and July, in the order given.
Mountain City is the locale of the Johnson County Welcome Center & Museum.
Post Office, Mountain City Johnson County Welcome Center, Mountain City Johnson County High School, Mountain City, home of the Longhorns Daniel Boone trail marker on Forge Creek Road (Hwy 167), Mountain City Mountain City Elementary School, Roderick Random Butler.
Cox (2007), Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman: An East Tennessee Old-time Music Pioneer and his Musical Family, University of Tennessee Press.
A Fiddler's Convention in Mountain City, Tennessee, from "History of Johnson County 1986" by Thomas W.
Mountain City Elementary School, Johnson County's Climate.
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Johnson County, Tennessee official county website Municipal Technical Advisory Service entry for Mountain City knowledge on small-town government, elections, and link to charter Municipalities and communities of Johnson County, Tennessee, United States County seat: Mountain City Mountain City
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