Editing Washington, Iowa

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Washington, Iowa
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|nickname                 = City of Flowers and Trees
|motto                    = Onward! To the Salt Mines!

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|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Iowa}}
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Iowa|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Washington County, Iowa|Washington]]
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|leader_title             = Mayor
|leader_name              = Millie Youngquist
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_19.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 16, 2022}}</ref>
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|area_total_km2           = 13.82
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 5.34
|area_land_sq_mi          = 5.33
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 7352
|population_density_km2   = 532.15
|population_density_sq_mi = 1378.33
|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 52353
|area_code                = [[Area code 319|319]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 19-82335
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2397207<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2397207}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|http://washingtoniowa.gov/}}
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'''Washington''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Washington County, Iowa|Washington County]], [[Iowa]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> It is part of the [[Iowa City, Iowa]] [[Iowa City metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. The population was 7,352 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name=cen2020>{{cite web |title=2020 Census State Redistricting Data |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/01-Redistricting_File--PL_94-171/Iowa/ |website=census.gov |publisher=United states Census Bureau |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Washington Iowa Courthouse1858.jpg|thumb|left|1858 drawing of the Washington County Courthouse]]
Washington was founded in 1839 as the county seat of the newly established Washington County. In 1854 it became the home of a United Presbyterian College, which was dissolved in 1864. As of 2014, the town has celebrated its 175th anniversary, only 5 years behind the oldest city in Iowa, [[Dubuque, Iowa]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_SncUAAAAYAAJ_2 | title=The History of Washington County, Iowa: Its Cities, Towns, Etc. | publisher=Union Historical Company | year=1880 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_SncUAAAAYAAJ_2/page/n540 542]}}</ref>

In 2016, the [[Guinness World Book of Records]] certified the [[State Theatre (Washington, Iowa)|State Theatre]] in Washington, Iowa, as the "world's oldest continually operating cinema theatre".<ref>{{Cite web|title=State Theater - Washington, Iowa {{!}} Travel Iowa {{!}} #ThisIsIowa|url=https://www.traveliowa.com/destination/state-theatre/13429/|access-date=2021-10-05|website=www.traveliowa.com}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|4.92|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-05-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-01-25}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Washington, Iowa, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 70
|Feb record high F = 76
|Mar record high F = 89
|Apr record high F = 94
|May record high F = 103
|Jun record high F = 107
|Jul record high F = 113
|Aug record high F = 109
|Sep record high F = 102
|Oct record high F = 96
|Nov record high F = 82
|Dec record high F = 74

|Jan avg record high F = 53.3
|Feb avg record high F = 58.3
|Mar avg record high F = 72.7
|Apr avg record high F = 82.0
|May avg record high F = 87.9
|Jun avg record high F = 92.6
|Jul avg record high F = 94.9
|Aug avg record high F = 94.0
|Sep avg record high F = 91.2
|Oct avg record high F = 83.8
|Nov avg record high F = 70.4
|Dec avg record high F = 57.6
|year avg record high F = 96.8

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =30.2
| Feb high F  =35.0
| Mar high F  =48.3
| Apr high F  =62.0
| May high F  =72.2
| Jun high F  =81.4
| Jul high F  =85.0
| Aug high F  =83.3
| Sep high F  =77.3
| Oct high F  =64.2
| Nov high F  =48.7
| Dec high F  =35.6
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =20.8
| Feb mean F  =25.1
| Mar mean F  =37.4
| Apr mean F  =49.7
| May mean F  =60.9
| Jun mean F  =70.6
| Jul mean F  =74.1
| Aug mean F  =72.0
| Sep mean F  =64.3
| Oct mean F  =52.0
| Nov mean F  =38.2
| Dec mean F  =26.7
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =11.5
| Feb low F  =15.3
| Mar low F  =26.5
| Apr low F  =37.5
| May low F  =49.7
| Jun low F  =59.8
| Jul low F  =63.1
| Aug low F  =60.7
| Sep low F  =51.4
| Oct low F  =39.9
| Nov low F  =27.7
| Dec low F  =17.9

|Jan avg record low F = -10.7
|Feb avg record low F = -4.6
|Mar avg record low F = 6.3
|Apr avg record low F = 23.2
|May avg record low F = 35.0
|Jun avg record low F = 47.7
|Jul avg record low F = 52.8
|Aug avg record low F = 50.2
|Sep avg record low F = 37.3
|Oct avg record low F = 24.7
|Nov avg record low F = 12.1
|Dec avg record low F = -2.1
|year avg record low F = -14.8

|Jan record low F = -32
|Feb record low F = -29
|Mar record low F = -16
|Apr record low F = 7
|May record low F = 23
|Jun record low F = 35
|Jul record low F = 45
|Aug record low F = 39
|Sep record low F = 23
|Oct record low F = 6
|Nov record low F = -7
|Dec record low F = -25

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =1.25
| Feb precipitation inch  =1.56
| Mar precipitation inch  =2.32
| Apr precipitation inch  =3.65
| May precipitation inch  =5.11
| Jun precipitation inch  =5.17
| Jul precipitation inch  =4.13
| Aug precipitation inch  =4.18
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.60
| Oct precipitation inch  =3.03
| Nov precipitation inch  =2.23
| Dec precipitation inch  =1.71

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 7.7
|Feb precipitation days = 7.3
|Mar precipitation days = 8.2
|Apr precipitation days = 10.2
|May precipitation days = 12.5
|Jun precipitation days = 12.2
|Jul precipitation days = 9.0
|Aug precipitation days = 9.2
|Sep precipitation days = 7.9
|Oct precipitation days = 8.8
|Nov precipitation days = 7.7
|Dec precipitation days = 7.8

<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch  =7.5
| Feb snow inch  =8.1
| Mar snow inch  =2.3
| Apr snow inch  =0.8
| May snow inch  =0.0
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.4
| Nov snow inch  =1.4
| Dec snow inch  =4.7

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 4.8
|Feb snow days = 4.2
|Mar snow days = 1.5
|Apr snow days = 0.4
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.1
|Nov snow days = 0.8
|Dec snow days = 3.7

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00138688&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Washington, IA
|access-date = March 4, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=dvn
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Quad Cities
|access-date = March 4, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|title= Historical populations
|type= USA
|align= left
|1870|2575
|1880|2949
|1890|3235
|1900|4255
|1910|4380
|1920|4697
|1930|4814
|1940|5227
|1950|5902
|1960|6037
|1970|6317
|1980|6584
|1990|7074
|2000|7047
|2010|7266
|2020|7352
|source={{center|U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name=cen2020/>}}|footnote=Source:{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|title=U.S. Census website|access-date=2020-03-29}} and [http://data.iowadatacenter.org/datatables/PlacesAll/plpopulation18502000.pdf Iowa Data Center]
}}
[[File:Kurtz House.jpg|thumb|[[Kurtz House (Washington, Iowa)|Kurtz House]] listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]]]

===2020 census===
As of the [[United States census|census]] of 2020,<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Census |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/2020-census-main.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> there were 7,352 people, 3,071 households, and 1,840 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 1,397.1 inhabitants per square mile (539.4/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 3,280 housing units at an average density of 623.3 per square mile (240.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial]] makeup of the city was 84.1% [[White Americans|White]], 1.3% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 0.5% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 1.1% [[Asian Americans|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 6.7% from other races and 6.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] persons of any race comprised 13.8% of the population.

Of the 3,071 households, 28.8% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.5% were cohabitating couples, 30.2% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present and 19.2% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present. 40.1% of all households were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals, 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years old or older.

The median age in the city was 40.7 years. 25.9% of the residents were under the age of 20; 5.2% were between the ages of 20 and 24; 22.7% were from 25 and 44; 22.6% were from 45 and 64; and 23.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.5% male and 52.5% female.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-05-11}}</ref> of 2010, there were 7,266 people, 3,048 households, and 1,861 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1476.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 3,301 housing units at an average density of {{convert|670.9|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 10.7% of the population.

There were 3,048 households, of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.9% were non-families. 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.93.

The median age in the city was 42.4 years. 23.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.1% were from 25 to 44; 25.9% were from 45 to 64; and 21.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 7,047 people, 2,928 households, and 1,903 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,454.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,132 housing units at an average density of {{convert|646.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.20% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.57% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.11% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.35% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.72% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.99% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.71% of the population.

There were 2,928 households, out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.88.

Age spread: 22.8% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 23.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $36,067, and the median income for a family was $44,497. Males had a median income of $29,961 versus $20,706 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $18,145. About 5.4% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
Washington is governed by a six-member [[city council]] headed by a [[mayor]]. The mayor and council members are elected for four-year terms. The city council consists of four ward counselors and two [[at-large]] members. {{As of|2023|08}}, the mayor is Jaron Rosien and council members are Bethany Glinsmann (1st Ward), Ivan Rangel (Ward 2), Illa Earnest (Ward 3), Fran Stigers (Ward 4), Elaine Moore (at-large), and Millie Youngquist (at-large).<ref>{{cite web |title=City Council & Mayor |url=https://washingtoniowa.gov/city-government/city-council-mayor/ |website=City of Washington, Iowa |date=3 August 2023}}</ref>

==Education==
The [[Washington Community School District]] operates local schools, including [[Washington High School (Washington, Iowa)|Washington High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_WASHINGTON_0.pdf|title=FY20_WASHINGTON|publisher=Iowa Department of Education|access-date=2020-08-05}}</ref>

==Notable people==
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* [[Harry W. Bolens]], [[Wisconsin]] State Senator
* [[Smith Wildman Brookhart]], United States Senator
* [[Eva Carter Buckner]], poet, suffragist, songwriter
* [[Charles Almon Dewey]], [[United States federal judge]]
* [[Matt Fish]], basketball player
* [[Owen Gingerich]], astronomer
* [[Mike Hennigan (American football)|Mike Hennigan]], [[NFL]] player and coach
* [[Pierce Knox]], blind xylophonist
* [[John F. McJunkin]], Iowa state senator
* [[Keith Molesworth]], basketball player and coach
* [[Pam Roth]], Illinois state representative
* [[John M. Work]], Socialist and newspaper editor
{{div col end}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Iowa}}
*''[[Saving Brinton]]''

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.washingtoniowa.net/ Official City Website]
*[http://www.washingtoniowachamber.com/ Washington Chamber of Commerce]
*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Washington-Iowa/109680572391275?v=desc&ref=ts#!/pages/Washington-Iowa/375658853816 Official Facebook Page]
*{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Washington (Iowa)|short=x|display=Washington. The county-seat of Washington County, Ia}}

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