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Washington County
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county in Pennsylvania, United States
Washington County is a county located in Pennsylvania in the United States. It is one of Pennsylvania's 67 counties and serves as a local government division for the region.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Founded
- March 28, 1781
- Named after
- George Washington
- Seat
- Washington
- Largest city
- Peters Township
- Chairman of the board of commissioners
- Nick Sherman
- Total
- 861 sq mi (2,230 km )
- Land
- 857 sq mi (2,220 km )
- Water
- 3.9 sq mi (10 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 210,802
- Density
- 240/sq mi (93/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 14th
- Website
- washingtoncopa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George Washington
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pennsylvania
- Contains
- Cokeburg
- Capital
- Washington
- Population
- 209349
- Area
- 861
- Shares border with
- Hancock County
- Official website
- www.co.washington.pa.us
- Image
- Washington County Courthouse (Pennsylvania) south.jpg
- Households
- 85201
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- Commons category
- Washington County, Pennsylvania
- topic's main category
- Category:Washington County, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1781-03-28
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Washington County, Pennsylvania
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Washington County, Pennsylvania
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Washington County
- different from
- Washington
- per capita income
- 36554
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Encyclopedic overview
Washington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 209,349. Its county seat is Washington. The county is home to Washington County Airport, three miles (4.8 km) southwest of Washington. The county is part of the Pittsburgh region of the commonwealth. Southpointe is the regions largest business park with over 800 acres of office buildings, manufacturing, hotels, restaurants and a championship golf course. The park is home to corporations Ansys, Viatris, Range Resources, Lighthouse Electric, EQT, Core Natural Resources and Centimark. The current county commissioners are Nick Sherman, Electra Janis and Lawrence Maggi.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Washington County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.