Washington Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Region
- Florida Parishes
- Named after
- George Washington
- Parish seat
- Franklinton
- Largest city
- Bogalusa
- Total
- 676 sq mi (1,750 km )
- Land
- 670 sq mi (1,700 km )
- Water
- 6.4 sq mi (17 km )
- Percentage
- 0.9 sq mi (2.3 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 44,937
- Rank
- LA : 24th
- Density
- 68/sq mi (26/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- https://www.wpgov.org/
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Washington Parish (French: Paroisse de Washington; Spanish: Parroquia de Washington) is a parish located in the interior southeast corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana, one of the Florida Parishes. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,463. Its parish seat is Franklinton. Its largest city is Bogalusa. The parish was founded in 1819 and is named for President George Washington.
Washington Parish comprises the Bogalusa, LA micropolitan statistical area, which is included in the New Orleans-Metairie-Hammond, LA-MS combined statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Washington Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.