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== History == [[Image:Church & School, Washington, NH.jpg|thumb|left|Congregational Church & School {{circa|1920}}]] [[File:Washington NH Sign.jpg|thumb|left|The sign for Washington]] Granted in 1735 by [[Thirteen Colonies|colonial]] governor [[Jonathan Belcher]] of [[Massachusetts]], the town was one of the fort towns designated to protect the colonies from [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native]] attack, named "Monadnock Number 8". In 1751, the town was granted by Governor [[Benning Wentworth]] as "New Concord". As the grant was never settled, the charter was revoked. Reuben Kidder of [[New Ipswich, New Hampshire|New Ipswich]] acquired the grant, naming it "Camden". The first settlers arrived in 1768 and built log houses. By 1773, the community had 132 inhabitants. On December 13, 1776, the newly established American revolutionary government incorporated the town as "Washington", after [[George Washington]]βone of the first named in his honor.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kK8wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pIoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4852%2C1627103 | title=Washington, Va., Oldest Of Name | work=The Free Lance-Star | date=October 3, 1932 | access-date=May 2, 2015 | pages=3}}</ref> By 1830, the population had grown to 1,135. Using [[water power]] from the streams, mills manufactured lumber, barrel staves, shingles, chair parts, bobbins, whip sockets, hosiery, bricks and washboards. [[Gristmill]]s ground grain. Sheep farms, producing [[wool]] and [[Lamb and mutton|mutton]], were an important business. In 1840, there were 200 farms. Tubbs Union Academy was founded in 1849, and although it did not last long, the school once enrolled over 100 students from [[New Hampshire]] and beyond. The first [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] church was established in Washington in 1862. In 1886, the town produced 53 tons of [[maple sugar]]. The railroad era brought tourists, and hotels were built on the lakes and ponds;{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} however, with 19th-century migration to the [[Midwest]], the town's population dwindled. As of 1960, it contained only 162 inhabitants. Washington has since grown, as its scenic environment attracts tourists and retirees.{{fact|date=December 2024}} The town contains several examples of early architecture, including the Town Hall, built as a meetinghouse in 1787, the [[Congregational church]] built in 1840, and the first [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] built {{circa|1843}}.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.firstadventistchurch.org/history| title=Washington, New Hampshire, Church| work=Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia| date=1976| page=1575| publisher=Review and Herald Publishing Association| access-date=August 7, 2018}}</ref>
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