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Last Modified: February 16, 2026

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Tree Streets Neighborhood Guide

2of 17 Johnson City Neighborhoods

Where Porches Outnumber Parking Spots

🧭Generally defined as the area: streets named after trees like Maple, Walnut, Pine, and Locust between ETSU's campus and downtown, roughly from State of Franklin to Watauga and University Parkway to West Walnut.

📌Tree Streets is best known for: being a historic conservation district featuring a large, cohesive collection of early 20th-century homes (1900–1940), including bungalows and foursquares, and for hosting a major annual neighborhood-wide yard sale. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

👕You can spot a Tree Streets local by: their chickens roaming free and graduate degree bumper stickers.

👍Move here if you want: to walk to breweries while your neighbors discuss dissertations.

👎Don't say we didn't warn you about: student renters parking on your lawn during football season.

✨The overall feel is: crunchy academic enclave with porch culture.

Pros & Cons of Tree Streets

Tree Streets strengths (top 5)

Farmers MarketsArt SceneNightlifeCultural DiversityFamily Friendly

Tree Streets tradeoffs (top 3)

Farmers MarketsArt SceneNightlife
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Tree Streets Neighborhood DNA

professors who bike everywhere and refuse cars.

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Some of the Tree Streets hotspots include: Maple Street, Tree Streets Park, and Historic Tree Streets District.
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Moving to Tree Streets - Make Sense Of Your Next Move

Whether you're new to Johnson City or deciding which part of the city fits you best, Snappy Scout cuts through the noise and shows you what living here is really like. If you're still finding your way, start with our Moving to Johnson City guide for the big-picture view — or compare Tree Streets against other parts of the city in our Johnson City neighborhood guide.