Washington
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city in Tazewell County, Illinois
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Tazewell
- Township
- Washington
- Founded
- 1833 as Holland's Grove
- Renamed
- 1837 as Washington
- Founded by
- William Holland Sr.
- Named after
- George Washington
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Lilija Stevens
- Total
- 8.56 sq mi (22.17 km )
- Land
- 8.54 sq mi (22.13 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 758 ft (231 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 15,857
- Density
- 1,880.8/sq mi (726.17/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- George Washington
- Official name
- Washington
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tazewell County
- Population
- 16071
- Area
- 21.204277
- Elevation
- 231
- Official website
- www.washington-illinois.org
- Image
- Image Denhart Bank Building.jpeg
- Households
- 6283
- Dialing code
- 309
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- Commons category
- Washington, Illinois
- postal code
- 61571
- inception
- 1834-01-01
- different from
- Washington County
- P8168
- Jean Webster
- water as percent of area
- 0.1472
- per capita income
- 35946
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Encyclopedic overview
Washington is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. Washington is on U.S. Route 24 and Illinois Route 8, northeast of East Peoria. The population was 16,071 at the 2020 census, a 48.2% percent increase over 2000. It is a suburb of Peoria and is part of the Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Washington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.