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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. Named after George Washington, its county seat is the city of Montpelier (the least populous state capital in the United States) and the most populous municipality is the city of Barre. As of the 2020 census, the population was 59,807, making it the third-most populous county in Vermont, but the third-least populous capital county in the United States after Hughes County, South Dakota and Franklin County, Kentucky.
Washington County comprises the Barre, Vermont micropolitan statistical area.
In 2010, the center of population of Vermont was located in Washington County, in the town of Warren.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1820 | 14,113
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| 1830 | 21,378
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| 1840 | 23,506
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| 1850 | 24,654
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| 1860 | 27,622
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| 1870 | 26,520
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| 1880 | 25,404
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| 1890 | 29,606
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| 1900 | 36,607
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| 1910 | 41,702
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| 1920 | 38,921
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| 1930 | 41,733
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| 1940 | 41,546
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| 1950 | 42,870
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| 1960 | 42,860
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| 1970 | 47,659
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| 1980 | 52,393
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| 1990 | 54,928
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