Washington County

Washington County is the name of 30 counties and one parish in the United States of America, all named after George Washington, revolutionary war general and first President of the United States. It is the most common county name in the United States. The following 32 states and one district have or had a Washington County:

Extant 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, Maine (in Massachusetts prior to 1820)
 * Washington County, Maryland
 * Washington County, Minnesota
 * Washington County, Mississippi


 * Washington County, Missouri
 * 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, Vermont
 * Washington County, Virginia
 * Washington County, Wisconsin

Former counties

 * Washington County, South Dakota, a former county (1883–1943) that was divided in 1943 because of financial troubles in South Dakota
 * Washington County, D.C., a former county of the District of Columbia that was abolished in 1871 along with all of the other counties in that District
 * Washington County, Massachusetts, became Washington County, Maine, in 1820 when Maine was separated and granted statehood status.
 * Washington District, North Carolina, a district and later county in North Carolina that became part of Tennessee in 1796.

Other uses

 * List of counties in Washington, counties in the state of Washington
 * Washington County (album), a 1970 album by Arlo Guthrie
 * Washington County School District (disambiguation)