Johnson City, Tennessee

**Johnson City** is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is mostly in Washington County. The population is 71,046, making it the eighth largest city in Tennessee. During the American Civil War before 1869 the name of the town was briefly changed to "Haynesville" in honor of Confederate Senator Landon Carter Haynes.

Johnson City is the principal city of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is also a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, Tennessee–Virginia Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region. The CSA is the fifth-largest in Tennessee with a population of 585,051 in 2020.

## Economy

The popular citrus soda Mountain Dew traces its origins to Johnson City. In July 2012, PepsiCo announced a new flavored version of the drink named _Mountain Dew Johnson City Gold_ in honor of the city. The drink was test marketed in the Chicago metropolitan area, Denver, and Charlotte, beginning in late August.

## 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. University School was the first laboratory school in the nation to adopt a year-round academic schedule.

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

Northeast State Community College has renovated a building in downtown Johnson City for use as a new satellite teaching site.

Tusculum College is on the north side of Johnson City in the Boones Creek area.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Johnson City, Tennessee
- **official name**: City of Johnson City
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Johnson_City.jpg
- **image caption**: Downtown Johnson City
- **pushpin map**: USA Tennessee
- **pushpin mapsize**: 250
- **pushpin map caption**: Location of Johnson City in Tennessee
- **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
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1856
- **established title2**: Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1869
- **founder**: Henry Johnson
- **government type**: Council-manager government
- **leader title1**: Mayor
- **leader name1**: John Hunter
- **leader title2**: Vice Mayor
- **leader name2**: Greg Cox
- **leader title3**: City Manager
- **leader name3**: Cathy Ball
- **leader title4**: City Commissioners
- **leader name4**: Jenny Brock
Todd Fowler
Joe Wise
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 112.93
- **area total sq mi**: 43.60
- **area land km2**: 112.10
- **area land sq mi**: 43.28
- **area water km2**: 0.83
- **area water sq mi**: 0.32
- **elevation m**: 498
- **elevation ft**: 1634
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population**: 71046
- **population density km2**: 596.82
- **population density sq mi**: 1545.78
- **population metro**: 198716
- **population blank1 title**: Combined statistical area, CSA
- **population blank1**: 508260 (Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas, 88th)
- **postal code type**: ZIP codes
- **postal code**: 37601-37604, 37614, 37615 & 37684
- **area code**: Area code 423, 423
- **timezone**: North American Eastern Time Zone, Eastern (EST)
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: EDT
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **image map**: File:Carter County Tennessee Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Johnson City Highlighted 4738320.svg
- **map caption**: Location of Johnson City in Carter, Sullivan and Washington Counties, Tennessee.