 The Washington County portion of Spurgeon is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Sullivan County portion is part of the Kingsport–Bristol (TN)–Bristol (VA) Metropolitan Statistical Area.Those two metropolitan areas are components of the larger Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.During the American Civil War, a small conflict known as the Battle of Spurgeon’s Mill happened here.