Washington County, Tennessee

Date: 1796 [unknown]
Location: Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Tennessee Appalachia us_history

Welcome to the Washington County, Tennessee Project!

Contents 1 Project Purpose 1.1 How to Join the Tennessee Project 1.2 How to Join the Appalachia Project 2 List of Things to Do 3 Washington County History 3.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 3.2 Washington County Notables 4 Geography 4.1 Adjacent counties 5 Government Offices 6 Resources and Records 6.1 On WikiTree 6.2 On the Internet 7 Communities 7.1 Cities 7.2 Towns 7.3 Census-designated places 7.4 Unincorporated Communities 8 See also 9 Sources

Project Purpose

The purpose of this sub-project is to have a foundation for all things genealogy, and more, relating to Washington County, Tennessee.

How to Join the Tennessee Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add (Tennessee) and (us_history) to your G2G tag feed.

How to Join the Appalachia Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add Appalachia to your G2G tag feed.

List of Things to Do

1. Add the county category to applicable profiles
2. Ensure Washington County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Washington County profiles to the one tree
4. Add genealogy resources to this page

Washington County History

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Washington County Notables

Geography

Washington County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennessee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Washington County is also part of the South Central Region of Appalachia.

Adjacent counties

• Sullivan County - north
• Carter County - east
• Unicoi County - south
• Greene County - west
• Hawkins County - northwest

Government Offices

• Washington County website

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Washington County Cemeteries

On the Internet

• Washington County Genealogy on FamilySearch
• Washington County Genealogy Fact Sheets
• Washington County Genealogy Trails
• Washington County USGenWeb
• Washington County USGenWeb Archives

Communities

Cities

• Johnson City
• Watauga

Towns

• Jonesborough - county seat

Census-designated places

• Fall Branch, Tennessee
• Gray
• Oak Grove
• Spurgeon
• Telford

Unincorporated Communities

• Austin Springs
• Boone
• Boones Creek
• Bowmantown
• Bumpus Cove
• Embreeville
• February
• Lamar
• Limestone
• Midway
• Mountain Home
• South Central
• Stewart Hill
• Sulphur Springs
• Washington College

See also

• Washington County on Wikipedia

Sources