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Washington County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 20, 1857
- Named after
- George Washington
- Seat
- Washington
- Largest city
- Washington
- Total
- 899 sq mi (2,330 km )
- Land
- 895 sq mi (2,320 km )
- Water
- 3.9 sq mi (10 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,533
- Density
- 6.18/sq mi (2.39/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- WashingtonCountyKS.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George Washington
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Washington
- Capital
- Washington
- Population
- 5530
- Area
- 2328
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Republic County
- Official website
- WashingtonCountyKS.net
- Image
- Washington County, Kansas courthouse from W 2.JPG
- Households
- 2412
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- topic's main category
- Category:Washington County, Kansas
- Commons category
- Washington County, Kansas
- inception
- 1873-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Washington County
- per capita income
- 28646
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Encyclopedic overview
Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Washington. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 5,530. The county was named for George Washington, the 1st president of the United States.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Washington County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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