Washington County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- October 27, 1849
- Named after
- George Washington
- Seat
- Stillwater
- Largest city
- Woodbury
- Total
- 423 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Land
- 384 sq mi (990 km )
- Water
- 38 sq mi (98 km ) 9.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 286,895
- Density
- 697/sq mi (269/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 2nd , 4th , 8th
- Website
- www .washingtoncountymn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 267,568, making it the fifth-most populous county in Minnesota. Its county seat is Stillwater. The largest city in the county is Woodbury, the seventh-largest city in Minnesota and the third-largest Twin Cities suburb. Washington County is included in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The forested St. Croix River valley, looking south towards Afton