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Washington County
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county in Rhode Island, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Rhode Island
- Region
- New England
- Metro area
- Providence
- Formed
- June 3, 1729 ; 297 years ago ( 1729-06-03 )
- Named after
- George Washington
- County town
- South Kingstown
- Largest town
- South Kingstown
- Incorporated municipalities
- 9 towns
- Total
- 563 sq mi (1,460 km )
- Land
- 329 sq mi (850 km )
- Water
- 234 sq mi (610 km ) 41%
- Highest elevation
- 567 ft (173 m)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 129,795
- Density
- 230/sq mi (89/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 129839
- Area
- 1458
- Image
- West Kingston Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 50220
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- Commons category
- Washington County, Rhode Island
- water as percent of area
- 41
- native label
- Washington County
- inception
- 1729-00-00
- per capita income
- 44325
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Washington County, known to Rhode Islanders as South County, is a county located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of the 2020 census, the population was 129,839. Rhode Island counties have no governmental functions other than as court administrative boundaries, which are part of the state government.
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