Nanatlugunyi

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · TENNESSEE

A historical populated place in Washington County, Tennessee, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: Nanatlugunyi
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Tennessee
County: Washington County
USGS Map: Jonesborough
Coordinates: 36.2917722, -82.4748676
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GNIS Feature ID: 1326438

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Cherokee village on site of present Jonesboro. Name means " spruce tree place ".

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1326438. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

Text Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Bulletin 30 - Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, part 1 published in 1907, part 2 published in 1910. Use either code US-T142/B30/PT1/1907/p# or US-T142/B30/PT2/1910/p#.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.