Washington County, Tennessee

The Washington County Courthouse is located at 100 East Main Street, Jonesborough, TN 37659; phone: 423-753-1666.

Washington County, which included all the settlements in what is now Tennessee, was a political subdivision of North Carolina and the first in the United States named for George Washington. [1]

1. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Program, Tennessee: A Guide to the State, American Guide Series, Tennessee Department of Conservation, Stratford Press, 1939.