Posted on August 21, 2011.

High Quality Content articles by WIKIPEDIA! In Tennessee and Virginia The name "Tri-Cities" Refers To The Region Comprising the Cities of Kingsport, Johnson City and Bristol And The Surrounding Small Towns and Communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. All Three Of The principal cities are located in. The extreme northeastern corner of Tennessee, while Bristol has a twin city of The Same Name On The Virginia side. The Tri-Cities region WAS formerly a single Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), due to the U.S. Census Bureau's revised definitions of urban areas "in the Early 2000s, It Is now a Combined Statistical Area (CSA) With Two metropolitan components: Johnson City and Kingsport-Bristol (TN)-Bristol (VA).