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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
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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.