Welcome to Washington ...
So far, we found very little information about Washington. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Washington to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Washington, please Contact Us.
Washington was located Washington would have been located within present day Washington County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Washington, you might consider that their post office opened in 1835. While the community is gone, the present day location for Washington is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Washington was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Washington once stood is in the (936) area code. Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 55 communities that are also named Washington - they are located in Arizona (2), Arkansas (2), California (3), Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Nebraska, Nevada (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey (2), North Carolina, Ohio (7), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Washington. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Washington. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Washington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Washington. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Washington. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Washington. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Washington. Our list includes 7 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Washington. We originally found mention of Washington in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Washington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Washington in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Washington.
The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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From that list, the Washington post office opened in 1835.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Washington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. <2> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <3> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Washington - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <6> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/