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{{Infobox settlement
 | name                     = Johnson City
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 | image_caption            = Downtown Johnson City
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 | subdivision_type         = Country
 | subdivision_name         = United States
 | subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
 | subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Tennessee|Counties]]
 | subdivision_name1        = [[Tennessee]]
 | subdivision_name2        = [[Washington County, Tennessee|Washington]], [[Carter County, Tennessee|Carter]], [[Sullivan County, Tennessee|Sullivan]]

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 | established_title        = Founded
 | established_date         = 1856
 | established_title2       = Incorporated
 | established_date2        = 1869<ref>''[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/05-06/48-data.pdf Tennessee Blue Book]'', 2005-2006, pp. 618-625.</ref>
 | founder                  = Henry Johnson
 | government_footnotes     = 
 | government_type          = [[Council-manager government]]
 | leader_title1            = Mayor
 | leader_name1             = John F. Hunter II
 | leader_title2            = Vice Mayor
 | leader_name2             = Gregory C.G. Cox
 | leader_title3            = City Manager
 | leader_name3             = Cathy Ball
 | leader_title4            = City Commissioners
 | leader_name4             = Jenny Brock<br />Joe Wise<br />Todd Fowler

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 | elevation_footnotes      = 
 | elevation_m              = 498
 | elevation_ft             = 1634

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 | population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
 | population_rank          = [[List of municipalities in Tennessee|8th]] in Tennessee
 | population_density_km2   = 631.42
 | population_density_sq_mi = 1635.38
<!-- General information --> | population_urban         = 128,519 (US: [[List of United States urban areas|261st]])<ref name="urban area">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural.html|title=List of 2020 Census Urban Areas|website=census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 7, 2023}}</ref>
 | population_metro         = 207,285 (US: [[Metropolitan statistical area|215th]])
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 | population_blank1        = 514,899 (US: [[List of Combined Statistical Areas|87th]])
 | postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
 | postal_code              = 37601-37604, 37614, 37615 & 37684
 | area_codes                = [[Area codes 423 and 729|423 and 729]]
 | website                  = {{URL|www.johnsoncitytn.org}}
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 | blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
 | blank_info               = 47-38320<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
 | blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
 | blank1_info              = 1328579<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
 | pop_est_footnotes        = 
 | motto                    = Go. All. Out.
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 | map_caption              = Location of Johnson City in Carter, Sullivan and Washington counties, Tennessee
 | pop_est_as_of            = 2023
 | population_est           = 73337
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 | population_total         = 71046
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'''Johnson City''' is a city in [[Washington County, Tennessee|Washington]], [[Carter County, Tennessee|Carter]], and [[Sullivan County, Tennessee|Sullivan]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Tennessee]], mostly in Washington County. As of the [[2020 United States census]], the population was 71,046, making it Tennessee's [[List of municipalities in Tennessee|eighth-most populous city]].<ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=Johnson City city, Tennessee |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/johnsoncitycitytennessee |website=quickfacts.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> Johnson City is the principal city of the [[Johnson City metropolitan area|Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which consists of Carter, [[Unicoi County, Tennessee|Unicoi]], and Washington Counties<ref>[https://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/List4.txt METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS AND COMPONENTS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526063716/http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/List4.txt |date=May 26, 2007 }}, [[Office of Management and Budget]], May 11, 2007. Accessed July 30, 2008.</ref> and had a population of 207,285 as of 2020. The MSA is also a component of the [[Tri-Cities, Tennessee|Tri-Cities]] region. This CSA is Tennessee's fifth-largest, with a population of 514,899 as of 2020.

==History==
[[William Bean]], traditionally recognized as Tennessee's first white settler, built his cabin along Boone's Creek near Johnson City in 1769.<ref>Paul Hellman, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=EQ-R4O2L3nEC&q=jacksboro,+tennessee+%22andrew+jackson%22 Historical Gazetteer of the United States]'' (Taylor and Francis, 2005), p. 1016.</ref> In the 1780s, Colonel [[John Tipton (Tennessee frontiersman)|John Tipton]] established a farm (now the [[Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site]]) just outside what is now Johnson City. During the [[State of Franklin]] movement, Tipton was a leader of the loyalist faction, residents of the region who wanted to remain part of [[North Carolina]] rather than form a separate state. In February 1788, an armed engagement took place at Tipton's farm between Tipton and his men and the forces led by [[John Sevier]], the leader of the Franklin faction.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/civilpoliticalhi00hayw/civilpoliticalhi00hayw_djvu.txt A civil and political history of the state of Tennessee"]; by John Haywood</ref>

Founded in 1856 by Henry Johnson as a [[railroad station]] called "Johnson's Depot",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoss |first=Fred W. |date=21 May 1922 |title=Henry Johnson Realized His Dream |url=http://www.stateoffranklin.net/johnsons/henry.pdf |website=The Sunday Chronicle}}</ref> Johnson City became a major rail hub for the [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]], as three railway lines crossed in the downtown area.<ref>Graybeal, Johhny, [http://www.johnsonsdepot.com/tweetsie/graybeal.pdf "Riding the Rails: The Storied History of the ET&WNC Line"] {{webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619045154/http://www.johnsonsdepot.com/tweetsie/graybeal.pdf | date=June 19, 2012}}, ''Johnson City Press'', April 18, 2005</ref>

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Johnson City served as headquarters for the [[narrow gauge]] [[East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad]] (the ''ET&WNC'', nicknamed "Tweetsie") and the [[standard gauge]] [[Clinchfield Railroad]]. Both rail systems featured excursion trips through scenic portions of the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] and were engineering marvels of railway construction. The [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]] (now [[Norfolk Southern Railway|Norfolk Southern]]) also passes through the city.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.american-rails.com/etwnc.html|title=The East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad|work=American-Rails.com|access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref>

During the [[American Civil War]], before it was formally incorporated in 1869, the town's name was briefly changed to "Haynesville" in honor of Confederate Senator [[Landon Carter Haynes]].<ref name=tnenc>Haskell, Jean. [http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=712 Johnson City]. ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''. Accessed: December 25, 2009.</ref>

Henry Johnson's name was quickly restored following the war, with Johnson elected as the city's first mayor on January 3, 1870. The town grew rapidly from 1870 until 1890 as railroad and mining interests flourished. But the national [[depression of 1893]], which caused many railway failures (including the [[Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad]] or "3-Cs", a predecessor of the Clinchfield), and resulting financial panic halted Johnson City's boom town momentum.<ref>"[http://www.johnsonsdepot.com/typical_city.pdf Johnson City is a Typical American City] {{webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217063242/http://johnsonsdepot.com/typical_city.pdf | date=December 17, 2010}}", ''The Sunday Chronicle'' (Johnson City), 1922.</ref>

In 1901, the Mountain Branch of the [[National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers]] (now the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Center and National Cemetery]]), [[Mountain Home, Tennessee]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mountainhome.va.gov/ | title=Mountain Home VA Healthcare System | author=((US Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Deputy Under Secretary for Operations and Management, Veterans Integrated Service Network 9, James H. Quillen VA Medical Center)) | website=www.mountainhome.va.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/mountainhome.asp | title=Mountain Home National Cemetery | publisher=National Cemetery Administration | website=www.cem.va.gov}}</ref> was created by an act of [[United States Congress|Congress]] introduced by [[Walter P. Brownlow]]. {{citation needed span|Construction on this {{convert|450|acre|km2|adj=on}} campus, which was designed to serve disabled Civil War veterans, was completed in 1903 at a cost of $3 million. Before the completion of this facility, the assessed value of the entire town was listed at $750,000. The [[East Tennessee State University|East Tennessee State Normal School]] was authorized in 1911 and the new college campus directly across from the National Soldiers Home.|date=January 2018}} Johnson City began growing rapidly and became Tennessee's fifth-largest city by 1930.<ref>[http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/10612982v3p2ch08.pdf ''Fifteenth Census of the United States – 1930 – Population: Volume III, Part 2: Montana-Wyoming''], p890</ref>

Together with neighboring [[Bristol, Tennessee|Bristol]], Johnson City was a hotbed for [[old-time music]]. It hosted [[Columbia Records]] recording sessions in 1928 known as the [[Johnson City Sessions]]. Native son [[Charlie Bowman|"Fiddlin' Charlie" Bowman]] became a national recording star via these sessions.<ref>[http://www.stateoffranklin.net/johnsons/oldtime/oldtime.htm "Old-Time Music Heritage"], Johnson's Depot Website</ref> The Fountain Square area downtown featured a host of local and traveling street entertainers, including [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]].

During the 1920s and the [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] era, Johnson City's ties to the [[rum-running|bootlegging]] activity of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] earned the city the nickname of "Little [[Chicago]]".<ref>[http://www.stateoffranklin.net/johnsons/chicago/chicago.htm "Little Chicago"], Johnson's Depot Website</ref> {{citation needed span|Stories persist that the town was one of several distribution centers for Chicago gang boss [[Al Capone]] during Prohibition. Capone had a well-organized distribution network within the southern United States for alcohol smuggling; it shipped his products from the mountain distillers to northern cities. Capone was, according to local lore, a part-time resident of Montrose Court, a luxury apartment complex now listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].|date=January 2018}}

For many years, the city had a municipal "privilege tax" on carnival shows, in an attempt to dissuade traveling circuses and other transient entertainment businesses from doing business in town.<ref>[http://www.blueridgecountry.com/archive/mary-the-elephant.html "The Day They Hanged an Elephant in East Tennessee"] {{webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114104505/http://blueridgecountry.com/archive/mary-the-elephant.html | date=January 14, 2010}}, Blue Ridge Country, February 13, 2009</ref> The use of drums by merchants to draw attention to their goods is prohibited. Title Six, Section 106 of the city's municipal code, the so-called "[[Barney Fife]]" ordinance, empowers the city's police force to draft into involuntary service as many of the town's citizens as necessary to aid police in making arrests and preventing or quelling riots, unlawful assemblies, or breaches of peace.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mtas.utk.edu/public/municodesweb.nsf/5cde681dbdedc10f8525664000615fc4/07d9802362da8eb485256f9a006708a6?OpenDocument | title=Code of Ordinance for Johnson City | website=www.mtas.utk.edu | access-date=December 21, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320195421/http://www.mtas.utk.edu/public/municodesweb.nsf/5cde681dbdedc10f8525664000615fc4/07d9802362da8eb485256f9a006708a6?OpenDocument | archive-date=March 20, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[Image:Johnsoncityroanstreet.jpg|thumb|right|Midtown Johnson City]]

Johnson City is in northeastern Washington County,<ref name="GR1">{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=April 23, 2011| date=February 12, 2011| title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> {{citation needed span|with smaller parts extending north into Sullivan County and east into Carter County. Johnson City shares a contiguous southeastern border with [[Elizabethton, Tennessee|Elizabethton]]. Johnson City also shares a small contiguous border with [[Kingsport, Tennessee|Kingsport]] to the far north along I-26 and a slightly longer one with [[Bluff City, Tennessee|Bluff City]] to the northeast along US 11E.|date=January 2018}}

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|112.1|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|111.2|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.8|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 0.75 percent, is water.

Buffalo Mountain, a ridge over {{convert|2700|ft|m}} high, is a city park on the south side of town. The [[Watauga River]] arm of [[Boone Lake]], a [[Tennessee Valley Authority]] reservoir, is partly within the city limits.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

===Climate===
Johnson City has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa''), with warm summers and cool winters. Temperatures in Johnson City are moderated somewhat by its elevation and proximity to the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. Precipitation is abundant, with an average of {{convert|45.22|in|mm|abbr=on}}. Summer is typically the wettest part of the year, while early autumn is considerably drier. Snowfall is moderate and sporadic, with an average of {{convert|15.6|in|cm|abbr=on}}.
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| Mar high F =59     | Mar record high F =83
| Apr high F =68     | Apr record high F =89
| May high F =76     | May record high F =94
| Jun high F =83     | Jun record high F =102
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| Feb humidity= 71.5
| Mar humidity= 69.0
| Apr humidity= 67.0
| May humidity= 69.5
| Jun humidity= 73.0
| Jul humidity= 75.0
| Aug humidity= 76.5
| Sep humidity= 76.5
| Oct humidity= 74.0
| Nov humidity= 68.5
| Dec humidity= 69.5
|year humidity= 74.0
|source 1= <ref name="The Weather Channel">{{cite web | url=http://www.weather.com/outlook/health/fitness/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USTN0261 | title=Average Weather for Johnson City, TN | work=Weather.com | access-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref>
|source 2= <ref name="Climate Zone">{{cite web | url=http://www.climate-zone.com/climate/united-states/tennessee/bristol-johnson-city/ | title=Climate Information for Bristol - Johnson City - Tennessee | work=climate-zone.com | access-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref>
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1880 = 685
| 1890 = 4161
| 1900 = 4645
| 1910 = 8502
| 1920 = 12442
| 1930 = 25080
| 1940 = 25332
| 1950 = 27864
| 1960 = 31187
| 1970 = 33770
| 1980 = 39753
| 1990 = 49381
| 2000 = 55469
| 2010 = 63152
| 2020 = 71046
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 73335
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/johnsoncitycitytennessee/AFN120217 |date=May 16, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 16, 2024}}</ref>
| footnote = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Johnson City racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4738320&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 26, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 55,950
| 78.75%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 4,809
| 6.77%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 164
| 0.23%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 1,710
| 2.41%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 37
| 0.05%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/mixed]]
| 3,878
| 5.46%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 4,498
| 6.33%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 71,046 people, 30,724 households, and 15,904 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the census<ref name="GR2"/> of 2000, there were 55,469 people, 23,720 households, and 14,018 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 1,412.4 per square mile. There were 25,730 housing units at an average density of {{convert|655.1|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units}}. The racial makeup of the city was 90.09 percent [[White (U.S. Census)|white]], 6.40 percent [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.26% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.22 percent [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02 percent [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.69 percent from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.32 percent from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 1.89 percent of the population.

There were 23,720 households, out of which 25.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.1 percent were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.6 percent had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.9 percent were non-families. 33.9 percent of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5 percent had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20, and the average family size was 2.82.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 19.8 percent under the age of 18, 13.7 percent from 18 to 24, 28.1 percent from 25 to 44, 22.5 percent from 45 to 64, and 15.9 percent who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,835, and the median income for a family was $40,977. Males had a median income of $31,326 versus $22,150 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $20,364. About 11.4 percent of families and 15.9 percent of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.9 percent of those under age 18 and 12.7 percent of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
[[File:Oldmtdewbottle.jpg|right|thumb|upright|[[Mountain Dew]] traces its origins to the city.]]

Johnson City is an economic hub largely fueled by East Tennessee State University and the medical "Med-Tech" corridor,<ref name=tnenc /> anchored by the [[Johnson City Medical Center]] and Niswonger Children's Hospital, Franklin Woods Community Hospital, ETSU's Gatton College of Pharmacy, and ETSU's [[East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine|Quillen College of Medicine]].

The citrus soda [[Mountain Dew]] originated in Johnson City. In 2012, [[PepsiCo]] announced a new malt-flavored version of the drink named Mountain Dew Johnson City Gold.<ref name="PepsiCo_MDJCG">{{cite news|title=PepsiCo to test malt-flavored Mountain Dew in some US cities.|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/pepsico-mountaindew-idINL2E8ID7PG20120713|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102043412/http://in.reuters.com/article/pepsico-mountaindew-idINL2E8ID7PG20120713|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 2, 2016|access-date=July 14, 2012|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|date=July 13, 2012}}</ref>

Johnson City and its metropolitan area had a [[gross metropolitan product]] of {{US$|9.1 billion}} in 2019.<ref name="forbes2019">{{cite web |title=Johnson City, TN |url=https://www.forbes.com/places/tn/johnson-city/#593838bc4901 |website=Best Small Places for Business and Careers 2019 |publisher=[[Forbes]] |access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Top employers in Johnson City (2008)<ref>{{cite web | title = 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan | publisher = Johnson City Metropolitan Transport Planning Organization | url = http://www.jcmpo.org/lrtp/Johnson%20City%20Final%20High%20Res.pdf | access-date = July 3, 2009 | pages = 3–9 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718183130/http://www.jcmpo.org/lrtp/Johnson%20City%20Final%20High%20Res.pdf | archive-date = July 18, 2011 }}</ref>

|-
! Employer !! Number of<br>employees
|-
| Ballad Health || 3541
|-
| East Tennessee State University || 1990
|-
| Washington County School System || 1275
|-
| James H. Quillen VA Medical Center || 1259
|-
| American Water Heater Company || 1194
|-
| AT&T Mobility || 1000
|}

=== Major companies headquartered in Johnson City ===
* American Water Heater Company (owned by [[A. O. Smith|A.O. Smith Corp.]])
* Advanced Call Center Technologies
* Cantech Industries
* [[General Shale]] (owned by [[Wienerberger]])
* LPI, Inc.
* Moody Dunbar, Inc.
* Mullican Flooring
* R.A. Colby, Inc.
* TPI Corporation
* VCV Rack <ref>{{cite web |last1=Grosse |first1=Darwin |title=Open Source Synthesis: Behind the Scenes With CVC Rack Creator Andrew Belt |url=https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2018/01/22/open-source-synthesis-behind-the-scenes-with-vcv-rack-creator-andrew-belt/ |website=Synthopia |date=January 22, 2018 |access-date=19 March 2025}}</ref>

===Other companies===
* [[JD Squared]], manufacturer of tube and pipe benders and other fabrication tools

==Arts and culture==
[[File:JunaluskaSculptureOblique 20160313.JPG|thumb|upright|Monument of [[Junaluska|Chief Junaluska]] in Metro-Kiwanis Park, Johnson City]]

=== Public art ===

Public art includes 12 to 15 sculptures that change every two years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Jonathan |date=February 20, 2023 |title=New public art sculptures set to come to Johnson City |url=https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/news/local-news/new-public-art-sculptures-set-to-come-to-johnson-city/collection_6424bdae-aef4-11ed-b840-df6f146e44f9.html |access-date=June 2, 2023 |website=Johnson City Press |language=en}}</ref> Also, 24 bronze statuettes of animals indigenous to the Appalachian Highlands, cast by faculty and students at ETSU, are installed in various downtown locations; staff at the Johnson City Public Library created a list of clues to aid in the search for all the animals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hackney  |first=Kayla |date=March 15, 2021 |title=Downtown visitors go wild for Wildabout Walkabout scavenger hunt |url=https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/living/downtown-visitors-go-wild-for-wildabout-walkabout-scavenger-hunt/article_dfa2ccc2-827e-11eb-a837-2f27a38436eb.html |access-date=June 2, 2023 |website=Johnson City Press |language=en}}</ref> Other public art includes banners and art on light poles and traffic boxes, and quote stones along sidewalks and paths.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Digital |first=WCYB |date=December 30, 2021 |title=New artistic wraps installed on traffic control boxes in Johnson City |url=https://wcyb.com/news/local/new-artistic-wraps-installed-on-traffic-control-boxes-in-johnson-city |access-date=June 2, 2023 |website=WCYB |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New lamppost banners in Founders Park feature local artwork |url=https://www.johnsoncitytn.org/news_detail_T11_R959.php |access-date=June 2, 2023 |website=www.johnsoncitytn.org |language=en}}</ref> Two annual art events take place in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff reports |date=April 14, 2023 |title=Johnson City Public Art to host Art·Struck Festival |url=https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/lifestyles/entertainment/johnson-city-public-art-to-host-art-struck-festival/article_e2ac3ac4-db01-11ed-b53b-ebdc478162d5.html |access-date=June 2, 2023 |website=Johnson City Press |language=en}}</ref>

===Shopping===

As a regional hub for a four-state area, Johnson City is home to a large variety of retail businesses, from well-known national chains to local boutiques and galleries.

The [[Mall at Johnson City]] is the city's only enclosed shopping mall. Much of the new retail development is in North Johnson City, along State of Franklin Road. Johnson City Crossings is the largest of these developments.

=== Points of interest ===
*Buffalo Mountain Park<ref>Visit Johnson City, Buffalo Mountain Park November 14, 2019, https://visitjohnsoncitytn.com/place/buffalo-mountain-park/</ref>
*[[East Tennessee State University Arboretum]]
*[[ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center]]
*Founders Park<ref>{{Cite web|title=Founders Park|url=https://visitjohnsoncitytn.com/place/founders-park/|access-date=June 22, 2021|website=Johnson City Convention & Visitors Bureau|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Freedom Hall Civic Center]]
*[[Johnson City STOLport]]
*[[Thomas Stadium]], baseball venue
*[[Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site]]
*[[Tweetsie Trail]]
*[[Watauga River]]
*[[William B. Greene Jr. Stadium]]

{{wide image|The Pavilion at Founder's Park .jpg|1100px|align-cap=center|The Pavilion at Founder's Park hosts the local farmer's market.}}

==Sports==
Several [[Minor League Baseball]] teams have been based in Johnson City. [[Professional baseball]] was first played in the city by the [[Johnson City Soldiers]] in the [[Southeastern League]] in 1910.<ref name=BRcity>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Johnson+City&state=TN&country=US|title=Johnson City, Tennessee Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=February 4, 2021}}</ref> The city's longest-running team was the [[Johnson City Cardinals]], who played in the [[Appalachian League]] as the [[Rookie League|Rookie]] affiliate of the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] from 1975 to 2020.<ref name=BRcity/> In conjunction with a contraction of Minor League Baseball beginning with the 2021 season, the Appalachian League was reorganized as a [[Collegiate summer baseball|collegiate summer baseball league]], and the Cardinals were replaced by the [[Johnson City Doughboys]], a new franchise in the revamped league designed for rising college freshman and sophomores.<ref>{{cite web|title=MLB, USA Baseball Announce New Format for Appalachian League|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-mlb-usa-baseball-announce-new-format-for-appalachian-league|website=Major League Baseball|date=September 29, 2020|access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wjhl.com/sports/local-sports/appy-league/johnson-citys-appy-league-team-to-be-known-as-the-doughboys/|title=Johnson City's Appy League Team to Be Known as the Doughboys|work=WJHL|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 3, 2021}}</ref>

==Government==
{{see also|List of mayors of Johnson City, Tennessee}}

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Johnson City is represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Diana Harshbarger]] of the 1st district.

Johnson City is run by a five-person board of commissioners.<ref>[https://johnsoncitytn.civicweb.net/portal/members.aspx?id=10.] Retrieved October 18, 2022.</ref> The mayor is John Hunter; the city manager is Cathy Ball.<ref>[https://www.johnsoncitytn.org/government/city_manager.php], Retrieved October 18, 2022.</ref>

== Education ==
===Colleges and universities===
[[East Tennessee State University]] has around 16,000 students in addition to a K-12 University School, a [[laboratory school]] of about 540 students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etsu.edu/coe/uschool/us_about_the_school/history.asp |title=History |access-date=October 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526003007/http://www.etsu.edu/coe/uschool/us_about_the_school/history.asp |archive-date=May 26, 2009 }}</ref> University School was the first laboratory school in the nation to adopt a year-round academic schedule.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etsu.edu/coe/uschool/us_about_the_school/default.asp |title=About the School |access-date=October 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828050409/http://www.etsu.edu/coe/uschool/us_about_the_school/default.asp |archive-date=August 28, 2009 }}</ref>

[[Milligan University]] is just outside the city limits in Carter County, and has about 1,200 students in undergraduate and graduate programs.

[[Northeast State Technical Community College|Northeast State Community College]] has renovated a building in downtown Johnson City for use as a new satellite teaching site.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/news/class-is-now-in-session-at-downtown-johnson-citys-northeast-state-campus/article_8207f75b-c6a4-5c32-b3cc-9adfe4f6a46c.html|title=Class is now in session at downtown Johnson City's Northeast State campus|first=Tony|last=Casey|website=Johnson City Press|date=August 23, 2015 }}</ref>
After a dispute over the leasing amount being increased from $1,000/month to nearly $30,000/month, Northeast State decided not to renew their lease in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/jcda-approves-2-year-downtown-centre-lease-with-etsu/ | title=JCDA approves 2-year Downtown Centre lease with ETSU | work=WJHL &#124; Tri-Cities News & Weather | date=November 28, 2023 }}</ref>

This building is now being utilized by [[East Tennessee State University]] to house the Department of Biological Sciences whilst Brown Hall, the main academic hall for the department on [[ETSU]]'s main campus, goes through a new phase of renovations. Classes will begin being offered at this downtown satellite campus by ETSU in the Fall 2025 semester.

[[Tusculum University]] has a center on the north side of Johnson City in the [[Boones Creek, Tennessee|Boones Creek]] area.

===K-12 schools===
Within Washington County, the vast majority of the city is in the [[Johnson City Independent School District]], while small parts of the city are in the [[Washington County School District (Tennessee)|Washington County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st47_tn/schooldistrict_maps/c47179_washington/DC20SD_C47179.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Washington County, TN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-08}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st47_tn/schooldistrict_maps/c47179_washington/DC20SD_C47179_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

The portion in Carter County is within the [[Carter County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st47_tn/schooldistrict_maps/c47019_carter/DC20SD_C47019.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Carter County, TN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-08|page=2 (PDF p. 3/6)}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st47_tn/schooldistrict_maps/c47019_carter/DC20SD_C47019_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> The portion in Sullivan County is within the [[Sullivan County School District (Tennessee)|Sullivan County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st47_tn/schooldistrict_maps/c47163_sullivan/DC20SD_C47163.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sullivan County, TN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-08|page=18 (PDF p. 19/21)}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st47_tn/schooldistrict_maps/c47163_sullivan/DC20SD_C47163_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Schools in the Johnson City School System include:

'''Elementary schools'''<br />
{|
| width="200" valign="Top" |
*Cherokee Elementary
*Fairmont Elementary
*Lake Ridge Elementary
*Mt. View Elementary
| valign="Top" |
*North Side Elementary
*South Side Elementary
*Towne Acres Elementary
*Woodland Elementary
|
|}

'''Middle schools'''
*Indian Trail Middle School
*Liberty Bell Middle School

'''High schools'''
*[[Science Hill High School]]

===Private schools===
*Ashley Academy (PreK-8)
*St. Mary's (K-8)
*Providence Academy (K-12)
*Tri-Cities Christian Schools (PreK-12)
*University School (K-12) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etsu.edu/uschool/aboutus.php|title = About Us}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
[[Image:jct.jpg|thumb|right|Transit center in downtown Johnson City]]

Johnson City is served by [[Tri-Cities Regional Airport]] ([[International Air Transport Association airport code|IATA Code TRI]]) and Johnson City Airport (0A4) in Watauga.

====Highways====
*[[Interstate 26 in Tennessee|Interstate 26]]
*[[U.S. Route 19#Tennessee|U.S. Route 19W]]
*[[U.S. Route 11E]]
*[[U.S. Route 321]]
*[[U.S. Route 23]]

====Public transport====
Johnson City Transit operates a system of buses inside the city limits,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.johnsoncitytransit.org/general.html | title = Johnson City Transit, General Information | access-date = June 11, 2016}}</ref> including BucShot, a system serving the greater ETSU campus.

The [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]] used to serve Johnson City with several trains: the ''[[Birmingham Special]]'' (ended 1970), the ''[[Pelican (train)|Pelican]]'' (ended 1970) and the ''[[Tennessean (train)|Tennessean]]'' (ended 1968).<ref>Southern Timetable, 1966, p. 6 http://streamlinermemories.info/South/SRR66-10TT.pdf</ref>

===Hospitals===
Johnson City serves as a regional medical center for northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia, along with parts of western North Carolina and southeastern [[Kentucky]].{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

[[Johnson City Medical Center]] includes a level 1 trauma center,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.balladhealth.org/jcmc | title=Emergency Services Johnson City Medical Center}}</ref> the Niswonger Children's Hospital, and Woodridge Hospital, an inpatient psychiatric hospital.

Franklin Woods Community Hospital is an 80-bed hospital with emergency services.<ref>{{cite web | title = Franklin Woods Community Hospital | publisher = Ballad Health | url = https://www.balladhealth.org/locations/hospitals/franklin-woods | accessdate = July 2, 2023}}</ref>

James H. and Cecile C. Quillen Rehabilitation Hospital serves patients who have suffered debilitating trauma, including stroke and brain-spine injuries.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

== Notable people ==
{{more citations needed section|date=April 2008}}

{{See also|East_Tennessee_State_University#Notable_people|l1=List of East Tennessee State University notable people}}
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*[[Bill Bain (consultant)|Bill Bain]], [[management consultant]], one of the founders of the management consultancy [[Bain & Company]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/24/magazine/counselor-to-the-king.html |title=Counselor To The King |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 24, 1989}}</ref>
*[[Sam Bettens]], lead singer of rock band [[K's Choice]]; Johnson City firefighter for a year<ref>[http://www.newsandneighboronline.com/editions/680thedition.pdf "Johnson City Fire Department welcomes rookie firefighters"], ''Johnson City News and Neighbor'', June 23, 2012, p1.</ref>
*[[Jerry Blevins]], Major League Baseball pitcher ([[New York Mets]])
*[[Ernie Bowman]], Major League Baseball ([[San Francisco Giants]], 1961–63)
*[[Joe Bowman (marksman)|Joe Bowman]], [[shoemaking|bootmaker]] and [[marksman]]; guardian of [[Western (genre)|western]] culture<ref>William Grimes, [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/us/06bowman.html "Joe Bowman, Sharpshooter, Dies at 84"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 6, 2009.</ref>
*[[Mike Brown (motorcyclist)|Mike Brown]], [[American Motorcyclist Association]] rider
*[[Jonny Campbell (soccer)|Jonny Campbell]], soccer player<ref>{{cite news |last1=Avento |first1=Joe |title=Campbell continuing pro soccer career in Philippines |url=https://www.timesnews.net/campbell-continuing-pro-soccer-career-in-philippines/article_ab864d78-8dd3-11eb-bb8e-a707a814ed90.html |access-date=March 4, 2025 |work=[[Kingsport Times-News]] |date=March 25, 2021}}</ref>
*[[Jo Carson]], playwright and author<ref>{{cite web|last=Barber|first=Rex|title=Jo Carson, ETSU grad and nationally known writer, storyteller dies at 64|url=http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=94496|publisher=Johnson City Press|date=September 21, 2011|access-date=February 8, 2013|archive-date=September 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924184843/http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=94496|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*[[George Lafayette Carter]], entrepreneur
*[[Kid Kash|David Cash]], professional wrestler
*[[David Cole (record producer)|David Cole]], founding member of [[C+C Music Factory]]
*[[Patrick Cronin (actor)|Patrick J. Cronin]], television and film actor, a professor in English and Theater at ETSU<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188795/|title=Patrick Cronin|website=IMDb}}</ref>
*[[Matt Czuchry]], actor (''[[Gilmore Girls]]''), attended [[Science Hill High School]]
*[[David Davis (Tennessee politician)|David Davis]], Tennessee state senator; U.S. congressman 2007–2009
*[[Lindsay Ellis]], film critic, YouTuber, cinematographer, and author
*[[Ray Flynn (athlete)|Ray Flynn]], miler with 89 sub-four-minute miles; graduated ETSU, president/CEO of Flynn Sports Management<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flynnsportsmanagement.com/|title=Sports Management - Flynn sports management|website=www.flynnsportsmanagement.com}}</ref>
*[[Aubrayo Franklin]], defensive tackle, [[San Francisco 49ers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/aubrayofranklin/profile?id=FRA398785|title=Aubrayo Franklin|website=NFL.com}}</ref>
*[[Wyck Godfrey]], film producer and studio executive<ref>{{cite news|title=SHHS alum Wyck Godfrey named new president of Paramount Motion Pictures Group|url=http://wjhl.com/2017/09/12/shhs-alum-wyck-godfrey-named-new-president-of-paramount-motion-pictures-group/|access-date=January 10, 2018|work=WJHL.com|date=September 12, 2017}}</ref>
*[[Jake Grove]], born in Johnson City; played center for [[Virginia Tech]], won the [[Rimington Trophy]], played for the [[Miami Dolphins]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/jakegrove/profile?id=GRO743060|title=Jake Grove|website=NFL.com}}</ref>
*[[Del Harris]], [[NBA]] coach, attended [[Milligan College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/coachfile/del_harris/?nav=page|title=NBA.com Del Harris|website=www.nba.com|access-date=March 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119210324/http://www.nba.com/coachfile/del_harris/?nav=page|archive-date=November 19, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Holly Herndon]], electronic musician
*[[Mark Herring]], [[Attorney General of Virginia]]
*[[Herman Hickman]], [[College Football Hall of Fame]] player for the Tennessee Vols and NFL player.
*[[Jim Hickman (1910s outfielder)|Jim Hickman]], professional baseball player, played outfield for the Brooklyn Dodgers
*[[Steven James]], novelist, attended ETSU
*[[Drew Johnson]], political commentator and columnist, and founder of the [[Beacon Center of Tennessee]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2012/jun/09/johnson-named-opinion-editor-free-press/79929/|title = Drew Johnson named as Free Press opinion page editor| date=June 9, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Amythyst Kiah]], Americana singer/songwriter
*[[Brownie King]], [[NASCAR]] driver
*[[Catherine Marshall]], author, born in Johnson City, later worked on her novel ''[[Christy (novel)|Christy]]'' while staying with relatives in town
*[[John Alan Maxwell]], artist and illustrator, raised in Johnson City, illustrated for [[Pearl S. Buck]], [[John Steinbeck]], and Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], spent his last 18 years in Johnson City; permanent collection housed at Carroll Reece Museum at ETSU
*[[Johnny Miller (racing driver)|Johnny Miller]], [[NASCAR]] driver
*[[Daniel Norris (baseball)|Daniel Norris]], Major League Baseball, debuted with the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] in 2014
*[[Eureka O'Hara]], [[drag queen]] and television personality
*[[Mike Potter (racing driver)|Mike Potter]], [[NASCAR]] driver
*David [[Phil Roe (politician)|Phil Roe]], mayor of Johnson City, and representative for [[Tennessee's 1st congressional district]] 2009–2021
*[[Bryan Lewis Saunders]], artist and writer, ETSU alumnus<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/nov/30/bryan-saunders-artist-drugs-ronson | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Jon | last=Ronson | title=Bryan Saunders: portrait of the artist on crystal meth | date=November 30, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Connie Saylor]], [[NASCAR]] driver and Johnson City business owner
*[[Constance Shulman]], actress, singer, producer
*[[Steve Spurrier]], [[Heisman Trophy]]-winning quarterback and [[College Football Hall of Fame]] coach, spent most of his childhood in Johnson City and attended Science Hill High School; namesake of the school's football field
*[[Robert Love Taylor]] and [[Alfred A. Taylor]], brothers who were both [[List of Governors of Tennessee|governor of Tennessee]]; each owned and resided in Robins' Roost, historic house on South Roan Street<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=87002f3a-daec-41b7-8524-98403fa00a85&lat=36.332517&lon=-82.338752&t=3&id=37601|title=marker again|website=www.waymarking.com}}</ref>
*[[Brad Teague]], [[NASCAR]] driver<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=teagubr01|title=Driver Brad Teague Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info|website=www.racing-reference.info}}</ref>
*[[Phyllis Tickle]], prominent author on religion and spirituality
*[[Ed Whitson]], MLB pitcher known for a brief but colorful stint with the [[Yankees]] in the 1980s
*[[Samuel Cole Williams]], historian, jurist, first dean of the [[Emory University School of Law]]
*[[Van Williams (American football)|Van Williams]], NFL running back and kick returner for [[Buffalo Bills]], All-American at [[Carson-Newman]], attended Science Hill High School
{{div col end}}

==Sister cities==
Johnson City's [[sister cities]] are:<ref>{{cite web|title=Johnson City Parks and Recreation Department|url=https://www.johnsoncitytn.org/news_detail_T11_R276.php|website=johnsoncitytn.org|publisher=City of Johnson City|access-date=May 2, 2021|archive-date=June 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627035520/https://www.johnsoncitytn.org/news_detail_T11_R276.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Our German Sister City with Medieval roots|url=https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/opinion/editorials/our-german-sister-city-with-medieval-roots/article_f66f7f2e-d14e-51aa-8341-c22b9be1587a.html|website=johnsoncitypress.com|publisher=Johnson City Press|date=September 19, 2016|access-date=May 2, 2021}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Guaranda]], Ecuador
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronneby Municipality|Ronneby]], Sweden
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Rybinsk]], Russia
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Teterow]], Germany

== See also ==
{{portal|Tennessee}}
*[[Music of East Tennessee]]

==References==
;General
{{Reflist}}

;Specific
* ''Greater Johnson City'', by Ray Stahl, 1986.
* ''A History of Johnson City, Tennessee and its Environs'', by Samuel Cole Williams, 1940.
* ''History of Washington County, Tennessee'', by Joyce and Gene Cox, Editors, 2001.
* ''Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman,'' by Bob L. Cox, University of Tennessee Press, 2007.
* ''The Railroads of Johnson City,'' by Johnny Graybeal, Tar Heel Press, 2007.

==External links==
{{commons category|Johnson City, Tennessee}}
{{wikivoyage|Johnson City (Tennessee)|Johnson City, Tennessee}}
*[http://www.johnsoncitytn.org/ Official website]
*[https://www.jcdatn.org/ Johnson City Development Authority]

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