Logo designed for Johnson County by Pamela R. Cresswell

Where the Sun First Rises in Tennessee Tennessee History Begins

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"Train Forty Five" - October 18, 1927 by G.B. Grayson Henry Whitter. Listen for Laurel Bloomery, TN Warrensville, NC.

History, Communities and Towns

• Brief Johnson County History
• Goodspeeds History of Tennessee - Johnson Co.
• Communities
• A New County Established, by Thomas Gentry (County Historian)
• The Exploring and Settling of Johnson County, by Thomas Gentry (County Historian)
• Shouns Crossroads, by Thomas Gentry (County Historian)
• Where the World Ended and Tennessee Began, by Thomas Gentry (County Historian)
• Post Offices of Johnson County, Tennessee
• Watauga Lake, Newspaper Article from "The Knoxville Journal", December 12, 1893 - Takes a while to download.
• History of Watauga Lake, by Kay Adams
• Johnson County Place Names
• Goodspeeds History of Tennessee - Carter Co.
• Goodspeeds History of Tennessee - Sullivan Co.
• Goodspeeds History of Tennessee - Unicoi Co.
• Fish Springs, Carter County 1950 article
• Ria Vista and Central Community 1951 article
• The Beginning of Elizabethton 1937 article
• The Spanish Flu in Johnson County, TN

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This page last updated December 23, 2006

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