Jonesborough

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county seat town

Jonesborough is a historic town in northeastern Tennessee recognized as the state's oldest town and noted for its well-preserved 18th- and 19th-century architecture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Jonesborough canonical	2
Jonesborough, Tennessee	2
Jonesborough, Tennessee, Tennessee’s oldest town	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county seat ⓘ town ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Federal architecture ⓘ Greek Revival architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Victorian architecture ⓘ
areaCode	423 ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation	36.294°N 82.473°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Washington County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevation	about 1,900 feet above sea level ⓘ
governmentType	mayor–board of aldermen ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	historic town ⓘ well-preserved 18th-century architecture ⓘ well-preserved 19th-century architecture ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution	International Storytelling Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Jonesborough Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction	historic downtown district ⓘ storytelling festivals ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Tennessee’s oldest town ⓘ
historicalRole	center of abolitionist activity in East Tennessee ⓘ early political center in the Southwest Territory ⓘ
hosts	National Storytelling Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1779 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Washington County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	East Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeastern Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Johnson City, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
motto	Tennessee’s Oldest Town ⓘ
namedAfter	Willie Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	publication of The Emancipator, an early abolitionist newspaper ⓘ
NRHPListing	Jonesborough Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.jonesboroughtn.org/ ⓘ
originallyPartOf	North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Appalachian Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea	Johnson City metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
population	about 5500 (approximate, early 2020s) ⓘ
postalCode	37659 ⓘ
state	Tennessee ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportation	served by U.S. Route 11E ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tennessee frontier → hasSettlement → Jonesborough ⓘ

Washington County, Tennessee → countySeat → Jonesborough ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jonesborough, Tennessee

Washington County, Tennessee → contains → Jonesborough ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jonesborough, Tennessee

Washington County, Tennessee → hasHistoricTown → Jonesborough ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jonesborough, Tennessee, Tennessee’s oldest town

Territory South of the River Ohio → includedSettlement → Jonesborough ⓘ