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Washington County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- George Washington
- Seat
- Abingdon
- Largest town
- Abingdon
- Total
- 566 sq mi (1,470 km )
- Land
- 561 sq mi (1,450 km )
- Water
- 5.0 sq mi (13 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 53,898
- Density
- 96.1/sq mi (37.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 9th
- Website
- www .washcova .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George Washington
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Contains
- Abingdon
- Capital
- Abingdon
- Population
- 53935
- Area
- 566
- Shares border with
- Russell County
- Official website
- www.washcova.com
- Image
- ScenicWashingtonCoVa.jpg
- Households
- 22104
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- Commons category
- Washington County, Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Washington County, Virginia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Washington County, Virginia
- inception
- 1776-00-00
- topic has template
- Template:Washington County, Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Washington County
- per capita income
- 28987
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Encyclopedic overview
Washington County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 53,935. Its county seat is Abingdon. Washington County is part of the Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area, commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region, which includes Bristol TN-VA, Kingsport TN, and Johnson City TN.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Washington County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.