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Washington County
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county in Vermont, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Vermont
- Named after
- George Washington
- Shire town
- Montpelier
- Largest city
- Barre
- Total
- 695 sq mi (1,800 km )
- Land
- 687 sq mi (1,780 km )
- Water
- 8.2 sq mi (21 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 59,652
- Density
- 86/sq mi (33/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George Washington
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Vermont
- Contains
- Worcester
- Capital
- Montpelier
- Population
- 59807
- Area
- 695
- Shares border with
- Chittenden County
- Highest point
- Mount Ellen
- Image
- Montpelier courthouse 6.JPG
- Households
- 25310
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- Commons category
- Washington County, Vermont
- topic's main category
- Category:Washington County, Vermont
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Washington County, Vermont
- inception
- 1811-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Washington County
- per capita income
- 36071
- topic has template
- Template:Washington County, Vermont
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Encyclopedic overview
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 city 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; in 2023, the estimated population was 60,142. 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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Washington County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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