Washington County, Vermont

Washington County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

Etymology - Origin of County Name

For George Washington.

Demographics:

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History

Washington County is one of several Vermont counties created from land ceded by the state of New York on January 15, 1777 when Vermont declared itself to be a distinct state from New York. The land originally was contested by Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Netherlands, but it remained undelineated until July 20, 1764 when King George III established the boundary between New Hampshire and New York along the west bank of the Connecticut River, north of Massachusetts and south of the parallel of 45 degrees north latitude. New York assigned the land gained to Albany County[8]. On March 12, 1772 Albany County was partitioned to create Charlotte County[9], and this situation remained until Vermont's independence from New York and Britain.
 

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 695 square miles (1,801 km²), of which, 689 square miles (1,785 km²) of it is land and 6 square miles (16 km²) of it (0.90%) is water.
 

Neighboring Counties:

• Lamoille County, Vermont - north
• Caledonia County, Vermont - northeast
• Orange County, Vermont - southeast
• Addison County, Vermont - southwest
• Chittenden County, Vermont - northwest

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