Place:Washington, Maryland, United States

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NameWashington
Alt namesWashingtonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates39.617°N 77.767°W
Located inMaryland, United States     (1776 - )
Contained Places
Cemetery
Mount Zion Mennonite Church Cemetery ( present - )
Rest Haven Cemetery
Samples Manor Cemetery
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
Unknown
Knoxville
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Washington County is located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 154,705. Its county seat is Hagerstown. Washington County was the first county in the United States to be named for the Revolutionary War general (and later President) George Washington. Washington County is one of three Maryland counties recognized by the Appalachian Regional Commission as being part of Appalachia. The county borders southern Pennsylvania to the north, Northern Virginia to the south, and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to the south and west. Washington County is included in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area.

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History

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The western portions of the Province of Maryland (including present Washington County) were incorporated into Prince George's County in 1696. This original county included six current counties. The first to be created was Frederick, separated from Prince George's County in 1748.

Following independence, the sovereign State of Maryland formed Washington County on September 6, 1776, by the division of Frederick County. At the same time, a portion of Frederick County became part of the newly created Montgomery County along with portions from Prince George's County and Charles' County, and was named for General Richard Montgomery. Washington County as created included land later to become Allegany County (created in 1789) and Garrett County (included in Allegany County when it was created in 1789, but separated from Allegany County in 1872). Washington County thus originally included the entire western part of the state.

A number of properties in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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

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

Research Tips

External links

  • Outstanding guide to Washington County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.


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