Editing Washington, Utah

{{short description|City in Utah, United States}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Washington County, Utah]], the county in which the city is located}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Washington, Utah
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| motto                    =
| image_skyline            = Washington, Utah.jpg
| image_caption            = 
| image_map                = Washington County Utah incorporated and unincorporated areas Washington highlighted.svg
| map_caption              = Location in [[Washington County, UT|Washington County]] and the state of [[Utah]]
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| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = {{Flag|United States}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{Flag|Utah}}
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Utah|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Washington County, Utah|Washington]]
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| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = 
| leader_name              = 
| established_title        = Settled
| established_date         = 1857
| named_for                = [[George Washington]]
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| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_49.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 90.09
| area_land_km2            = 90.09
| area_water_km2           = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi         = 34.79
| area_land_sq_mi          = 34.79
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 27993
| population_density_km2   = 323.82
| population_density_sq_mi = 838.67
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| timezone                 = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
| utc_offset               = -7
| timezone_DST             = MDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -6
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 2894
| coordinates              = {{coord|37|07|30|N|113|29|12|W|region:US-UT|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 84780
| area_code                = [[Area code 435|435]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 49-81960<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>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2412187<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412187}}</ref>
| website                  = {{Official website|https://www.washingtoncity.org/}}
}}

'''Washington''' is a city in south central [[Washington County, Utah|Washington County]], [[Utah]], United States and is a part of the [[St. George, Utah|St. George Metropolitan Area]]. The area is also known as [[Utah's Dixie]] because the [[Mormon]] pioneers who settled the St. George area came to the area to raise cotton, which was milled at the cotton mill in Washington. The population was 27,993 as of [[2020 United States census|2020]]. Washington is a fast-growing [[suburb]] of [[St. George, Utah|St. George]], and is the second largest city in Washington County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/20190521214830/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table|title=United States Census}}</ref>

The city was named after [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George Washington]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lund|first=Anthon Henrik|title=The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tsUUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA40|year=1922|publisher=Geneal. Society of Utah|page=40}}</ref> The city administration has tried to encourage the use of the name "Washington City" in recent years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://washingtoncity.org/tex/|title=Washington City, Utah|website=washingtoncity.org}}</ref>

==History==
The [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]] sent a group of 28 families to the area to attempt to grow [[cotton]]. The "cotton mission" was led by former Mississippi cotton plantation owner [[Robert Dockery Covington]], who along with some of the early settlers from the southeastern United States, were former slavemasters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=55424505&itype=CMSID |title=Utah's Dixie was steeped in slave culture, historians say |author=Brian Maffly |newspaper=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |date=December 10, 2012}}</ref> The area was nicknamed [[Dixie (Utah)|Utah's Dixie]]; [[Dixie]] was a nickname for the southeastern states.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 32.5&nbsp;square miles (85.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 32.5&nbsp;square miles (85.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.07&nbsp;square mile (0.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) (0.10%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| align = left
| 1860 = 196
| 1870 = 463
| 1880 = 483
| 1890 = 315
| 1900 = 529
| 1910 = 424
| 1920 = 464
| 1930 = 435
| 1940 = 507
| 1950 = 435
| 1960 = 445
| 1970 = 750
| 1980 = 3092
| 1990 = 4198
| 2000 = 8186
| 2010 = 18761
| 2020 = 27993
| footnote = 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>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 8,186 people, 2,614 households, and 2,117 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|259.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,199 housing units at an average density of {{convert|101.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.31% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.37% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.71% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.29% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.10% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.15% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.08% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.69% of the population.

There were 2,614 households, out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.0% were non-families. 16.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.37.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.1% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $35,341, and the median income for a family was $39,003. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $20,434 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,032. About 7.5% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.3% of those under age 18 and 1.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
The City of Washington has five city council members: Councilwoman Kim Casperson, Councilman Craig Coats, Councilman Bret Henderson, Councilman Kurt Ivie, and Benjamin L Martinsen.<ref name="Mayor & City Council">{{cite web|url=https://washingtoncity.org/government/mayorcouncil|title=Mayor & City Council|website=WashingtonCity.org|access-date=February 17, 2022}}</ref> Mayor Kress Staheli was elected in 2021 and has been mayor since January 2022.<ref name="Mayor & City Council"/> Washington uses a city manager to run the day-to-day activities. As of 2021, the city manager is Jeremy Redd, who was appointed in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://washingtoncity.org/government/citymanager|title=Office of City Manager|website=WashingtonCity.org|access-date=February 17, 2022}}</ref>

==Education==
===High schools===
*[[Pine View High School (Utah)| Pine View High School]]. A majority of Washington residents attend schools within the Pine View cone site. Residents in old town Washington, the Buena Vista and Green Springs neighborhoods, and the northern section of Washington Fields have attended Pine View - which is just across the city boundary in neighboring St. George - since it opening in 1983. 
* [[Crimson Cliffs High School (Utah)|Crimson Cliffs High School]]. Its coverage zone extends into [[St. George, Utah|St. George]]
* [[St George Academy (Utah)|St George Academy]] in [[Washington City, Utah|Washington City]] College Prep Charter High School that serves St George and surrounding communities.

==See also==
{{portal|Utah}}
* [[List of cities and towns in Utah]]
* [[Elephant Arch]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Washington, Utah}}
* {{official website|http://www.washingtoncity.org}}

{{Adjacent communities
|Centre    = Washington
|North     = [[Pine Valley, Washington County, Utah|Pine Valley]]
|Northeast = [[New Harmony, Utah|New Harmony]]<br />[[Leeds, Utah|Leeds]]
|East      = [[Hurricane, Utah|Hurricane]]
|Southeast =
|South     = {{flagicon|Arizona}} [[Arizona Strip]]
|Southwest = [[Bloomington, Utah|Bloomington]]
|West      = [[St. George, Utah|St. George]]
|Northwest = [[Ivins, Utah|Ivins]]
}}

{{Washington County, Utah}}
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[[Category:Cities in the Mojave Desert]]
[[Category:Cities in Utah]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1857]]
[[Category:Cities in Washington County, Utah]]
[[Category:1857 establishments in Utah Territory]]