Jonesboro: Oldest Town in Tennessee
Formally established in 1779, by the General Assembly of North Carolina, as county seat of Washington County, first county west of the mountains. In 1784, the State of Franklin was organized here, with Jonesboro as its first capital.
Marker is on West Jackson Boulevard (U.S. 11E) 0.1 miles east of West College Street (Tennessee Route 81), on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
