Washington (disambiguation)

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'Washington can have different meanings:

• George Washington (1732-1799) was the first president of the United States

• Washington, Tyne and Wear is a city in the United Kingdom; today, 60.000 people live there. This is the original place with the name. The ancestors of the US president came form this city.

• Washington is one of the 50 states that make up the United States. Its capital is Olympia; the largest and best-known city of the state is Seattle
• Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States. D.C stands for District of Columbia

Contents 1 Other cities with Washington in their name 2 Counties named Washington 2.1 Current counties 2.2 Former counties 3 Lakes 4 Islands 5 Outside the United States

[change] Other cities with Washington in their name

Washington, Arkansas Washington, California Washington, Connecticut Washington, Georgia Washington, Illinois Washington, Indiana Washington, Iowa Washington, Kansas Washington, Louisiana Washington, Maine Washington, Massachusetts Washington, Michigan Washington, Mississippi

Washington, Missouri Washington, Nebraska Washington, New Hampshire Washington, New Jersey Washington, North Carolina Washington, Oklahoma Washington, Pennsylvania Washington, Utah Washington, Vermont Washington, Virginia Washington, West Virginia Washington, Wisconsin

Washington Boro, Pennsylvania Washington Court House, Ohio Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania Washington Grove, Maryland Washington Mills, New York Washington Park, Illinois Washington Park, New Jersey Washington Park, North Carolina Washington Terrace, Utah Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas Washingtonville, New York Washingtonville, Ohio

[change] Counties named Washington

Washington County is the name of 30 counties and one parish in the United States of America, all named for George Washington. It is the most common county name in the United States.

[change] Current counties

• Washington County, Alabama
• Washington County, Arkansas
• Washington County, Colorado
• Washington County, Florida
• Washington County, Georgia
• Washington County, Idaho
• Washington County, Illinois
• Washington County, Indiana
• Washington County, Iowa
• Washington County, Kansas
• Washington County, Kentucky
• Washington Parish, Louisiana
• Washington County, Maryland
• Washington County, Maine
• Washington County, Minnesota
• Washington County, Missouri
• Washington County, Mississippi
• Washington County, Nebraska
• Washington County, New York
• Washington County, North Carolina
• Washington County, Ohio
• Washington County, Oklahoma
• Washington County, Oregon
• Washington County, Pennsylvania
• Washington County, Rhode Island
• Washington County, Tennessee
• Washington County, Texas
• Washington County, Utah
• Washington County, Virginia
• Washington County, Vermont
• Washington County, Wisconsin

[change] Former counties

• Washington County, former county of South Dakota (1883-1943) that joined with Jackson, Pennington and Shannon counties.
• Washington County, District of Columbia (historic subdivision abolished in 1871)

[change] Lakes

• Lake Washington in the Washington state

[change] Islands

• Washington Island (Wisconsin), the largest of the islands that make up the Town of Washington in Door County, Wisconsin
• Washington Island (Michigan) in Keweenaw County, Michigan
• Washington Island (Minnesota) in Lake County, Minnesota
• Washington Island (New York) in Jefferson County, New York
• Washington Island (Kiribati), a small island in Kiribati
• Washington Islands Wilderness in Washington state
• English name for Teraina, an island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Kiribati
• An 18th century name for Ua Huka, later extended as the "Washington Islands" to include all of the northern Marquesas Islands

[change] Outside the United States

• Washington, Argentina
• Washington, Aruba
• Washington, Bolivia
• Washington, Ontario, Canada
• Washington, Colombia
• Washington, Cuba
• Washington, Dominican Republic
• Washington, Guyana
• Washington, Ireland
• Washington, Nicaragua
• New Washington, Aklan in the Philippines
• several Barangays in the Philippines, including ones in:
  • San Jacinto, Masbate
  • Escalante City
  • Catarman, Northern Samar
  • Surigao City
  • Legazpi City
• Washington, South Africa
• Washington, West Sussex in England
• Washington, Tyne and Wear in England
• Washington Gardens, Jamaica
• Washington Luiz, Paraná in Brazil
• Washington Island, an alternate name for Teraina, an atoll of Kiribati
• An 18th century name for Ua Huka, later extended as the "Washington Islands" to include all of the northern Marquesas Islands