Place:Washington, Maryland, United States

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Place Information
Name
Washington
Alternate names
Washington     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Coordinates
39.617°N 77.767°W
Located in
Maryland, United States     (1776 - )
Contained Places

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Cemetery
Mout Zion Cemetery ( present - )
Rest Haven
Census-designated place
Fort Ritchie
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
Halfway
Highfield-Cascade
Leitersburg
Maugansville
Mount Aetna
Mount Lena
Paramount-Long Meadow
Robinwood
Rohrersville
San Mar
St. James
Wilson-Conococheague
Inhabited place
Antietam
Appletown
Ashton
Augusta
Bagtown
Bakersville
Beaver Creek
Beelers Summit
Benevola
Big Pool
Big Spring
Blue Mountain
Boonsboro
Bostetter
Bowmans Mill
Breathedsville
Bridgeport
Broadfording
Brownsville
Burtner
Cascade
Cavetown
Cearfoss
Cedar Grove
Cedar Lawn
Charlton
Chestnut Grove
Chewsville
Clear Spring
Clevelandville
Cohill
Conococheague
Dargan
Dogtown
Doubs Mill
Downsville
Dry Run
Eakles Mills
Edgemont
Emmertsville
Ernstville
Exline
Fairplay
Fairview Mill
Fairview
Fiddlesburg
Flickersville
Forest Park
Forsythe
Fountain Head
Four Locks
Funkstown
Gapland
Garretts Mill
Greenbrier
Hagerstown
Hancock
Highfield
Huyett
Indian Springs
Jugtown
Keedysville
Kline Mill
Lappans
Lehmans Mill
Locust Grove
Mapleville
Martins Crossroads
Mercersville
Millpoint
Mondell
Mount Briar
Mousetown
Paramount
Park Hall
Park Head
Pearre
Pecktonville
Pen Mar
Pinesburg
Pleasant Valley
Pleasantville
Pondsville
Porterstown
Red Hill
Reid
Ringgold
Rockdale
Rocky Forge
Rohrersville Station
Roxbury
Samples Manor
Sandy Hook
Scrabble
Security
Shady Bower
Sharpsburg
Smithsburg
Snyders Landing
Spickler
Spielman
Sylvan Grove
Taylors Landing
Tilghmanton
Trego
Troupe Springs
Two Locks
Vardo
Wagners Crossroads
Weaverton
Williamsport
Wilson
Wood Point
Woodmont
Yarrowsburg
Zittlestown
Watching Page
Jatwin

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source: Family History Library Catalog
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Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland.

As of 2000, the population was 131,923. It was the first county in the United States to be named for the Revolutionary War general (and later President of the United States) George Washington. Its county seat is Hagerstown.

This county is a part of the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area.

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History

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The western part of Maryland (including the present Washington County) was incorporated into Prince George's County in 1696. This county included six current counties, and by repeated splitting, new ones were generated. The first was Frederick from Prince George's in 1748.

Washington County was formed in 1776 by the splitting of Frederick County. At the same time, another county, Montgomery County, was also split off from Frederick County and named for another general, Richard Montgomery. Washington County as created included the areas later to become Allegany County (split off in 1789) and Garrett County (included in Allegany County when it was split off in 1789, later split from Allegany County), so included the entire westernmost part of the state of Maryland.[1]

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1776 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1777 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1790 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1790 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1790 15,822
1800 18,650
1810 18,730
1820 23,075
1830 25,268
1840 28,850
1850 30,848
1860 31,417
1870 34,712
1880 38,561
1890 39,782
1900 45,133
1910 49,617
1920 59,694
1930 65,882
1940 68,838
1950 78,886
1960 91,219
1970 103,829
1980 113,086
1990 121,393
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Research Tips

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External links

www.washco-md.net

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