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Washington County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Named after
- George Washington
- Seat
- West Bend
- Largest city
- West Bend
- County executive
- Josh Schoemann
- Total
- 436 sq mi (1,130 km )
- Land
- 431 sq mi (1,120 km )
- Water
- 5.0 sq mi (13 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 139,238
- Density
- 317/sq mi (123/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .washcowisco .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George Washington
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Contains
- Jackson
- Capital
- West Bend
- Population
- 136761
- Area
- 436
- Shares border with
- Milwaukee County
- Official website
- www.co.washington.wi.us
- Image
- WashingtonCountyWisconsinCourtHouse.jpg
- Households
- 54787
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- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Washington County
- inception
- 1845-00-00
- Commons category
- Washington County, Wisconsin
- topic's main category
- Category:Washington County, Wisconsin
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Washington County, Wisconsin
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Washington County, Wisconsin
- social media followers
- 2183
- per capita income
- 40407
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Milwaukee metropolitan area
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Encyclopedic overview
Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 136,761. Its county seat is West Bend. The county was created from Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and organized in 1845. It was named after President George Washington. Washington County is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, and part of the WOW counties.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Washington County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.