Editing Washington County, New York

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{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Washington County
 | state              = New York
 | type                 = [[List of counties in New York|County]]
 | flag                 = Flag of Washington County, New York.jpg
 | seal                 = Seal of Washington County, New York.jpg
 | founded              = {{start date and age|1772|3|12}}{{efn|name="Sullivan-founding"}} (Took its name on April 2, 1784)
 | seat                 = [[Fort Edward (town), New York|Fort Edward]]
 | largest city wl      = Hudson Falls
 | city type           = village
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 846
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 831
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 15
 | area percentage      = 1.7
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 61302
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 60047 {{loss}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | web                  = www.washingtoncountyny.gov/
 | ex image             = Washington County Farm.jpg
 | ex image cap         = A farm in [[Greenwich (town), New York|Greenwich]]
 | district             = 21st
 | time zone           = Eastern
 | named for            = [[George Washington]] }}

'''Washington County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the U.S. state of [[New York (state)|New York]]. As of the [[United States Census 2020|2020 census]], the population was 61,302.<ref name="QF">{{cite web| title=2020 US Census: Saratoga, Hamilton, And Warren Counties All Post Population Gains|date= August 17, 2021|url= https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2021/08/2020-census-adk-population-gains.html| access-date=August 19, 2021}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Fort Edward (town), New York|Fort Edward]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county was named for [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George Washington]]. The county is part of the [[Capital District (New York)|Capital District]] region of the state.<ref>https://www.ceg.org/explore-the-region/regional-profile/</ref>

==History==
When counties were established in the colony of New York in 1683, the present Washington County was part of [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]]. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present state of [[Vermont]] and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766, by the creation of [[Cumberland County, New York|Cumberland County]], and further on March 16, 1770, by the creation of [[Gloucester County, New York|Gloucester County]], both containing territory now in Vermont.

On March 12, 1772, what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. The other two were called [[Tryon County, New York|Tryon County]] (later renamed [[Montgomery County, New York|Montgomery County]]) and [[Charlotte County, Province of New York|Charlotte County]].{{efn|name="Sullivan-founding"}}

On April 2, 1784,{{efn|name="Sullivan-founding"}} Charlotte County was renamed Washington County in honor of [[George Washington]], the [[American Revolutionary War]] general and later [[President of the United States of America]].

In 1788, [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton County]] was split off from Washington County.{{efn|name="Sullivan-founding"}} This was a much larger area than the present Clinton County, including several other counties or county parts of the present New York State.

In 1791, the [[Cambridge (town), New York|Town of Cambridge]] was transferred from Albany County to Washington County.

In 1813, [[Warren County, New York|Warren County]] was split off from Washington County.{{efn|name="Sullivan-founding"}}<ref name="smith">{{Cite web|url=http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nywarren/countyhistory/smith/xvi.htm|title=History of Warren County, edited by H. P. Smith - Chapter XVI: To the Present Time|website=sites.rootsweb.com|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref>

In 1994, with the completion of the new municipal center, the county seat was moved from [[Hudson Falls, New York|Hudson Falls]] to Fort Edward.

In 2006, Cambridge Town Supervisor Jo Ann Trinkle made history by being elected as the first chairwoman of the Board of Supervisors.

===Historic sites===
Washington County has four historic covered bridges, each listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]:
* [[Buskirk Bridge]]
* [[Eagleville Bridge]]
* [[Rexleigh Bridge]]
* [[Shushan Bridge]]
Including those, it has a total of [[List of Registered Historic Places in Washington County, New York|35 sites listed on the National Register]]. The [[Lemuel Haynes House]] is designated as a [[National Historic Landmark]], the highest level of significance.

==Geography==
[[File:Greatvalley-map.png|right|thumb|300px|A map of the Appalachian Mountains, highlighting the Great Appalachian Valley. The main mountain regions on either side are named, as are the various local valleys.]]

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|846|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|831|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|15|sqmi}} (1.7%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 8, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519062322/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt|archive-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref>

Washington County is a long narrow county located in the northeastern section of the State. It is known for its rich valley farm land and is part of the [[Great Appalachian Valley]] (also known simply as the 'Great Valley') which is a long narrow valley strip often between tall mountain ranges. The county transitions from the [[Taconic Mountains]] to the [[Adirondack Mountains]], and from the [[Lake Champlain]] Valley to [[Hudson River]] Valley.

Much of the county is part of the slate valley of the Upper [[Taconic Mountains]] (Taghkanic, meaning 'in the trees'). The eastern boundary of Washington County is the [[New York (state)|New York]]–[[Vermont]] border, part of which is [[Lake Champlain]]. This is also the border with [[New England]] proper. The northern end of the county is within the 6.1 million acre [[Adirondack Park]]. Western boundaries include primarily the [[Hudson River]] and [[Lake George (lake), New York|Lake George]].

Washington County belongs to the following valleys and watersheds: [[Champlain Valley]] / Lake George Watershed—02010001 <ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/surf-your-watershed|title=Surf Your Watershed|first=OW|last=US EPA|date=March 17, 2015|website=US EPA|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> [[Hudson River#Names|Hudson River]] Valley / Hudson-Hoosic Watershed—02020003 <ref name="auto"/>  Waters in the northern part drain into [[Lake Champlain]] via Lake George (Horican) or the [[Mettawee River]], and then flow into the [[Saint Lawrence River]] (Kaniatarowanenneh). These waters mingle in the Saint Lawrence with waters of all the [[Great Lakes]] as they flow northeast into the [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]], and ultimately join the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, the remainder of waters drain south via the [[Hudson River]] (Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk or Muhheakantuck), and ultimately flow south into the Atlantic Ocean below New York City. See the approximation of the watershed divide mapped in context of mountains <ref>[http://www.peaklist.org/USmaps/newenglandsummits.gif US Maps]</ref> and valleys.<ref>[http://www.priweb.org/ed/TFGuide/NE/topo/topo_files2/topo_pdfs/ne_topo2.pdf Archived copy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910102047/http://www.priweb.org/ed/TFGuide/NE/topo/topo_files2/topo_pdfs/ne_topo2.pdf|date=September 10, 2008}}</ref>

[[File:NortheastAppalachiansMap.gif|right|thumb|300px|Orogenies of the northeast United States]]

Nearly half of its borders are by long bodies of water. Winding across the bottom of the county is the legendary [[Batten Kill]] (Dionondehowa), famous for its worldclass flyfishing, and its marvelous falls (near the Washington County fairgrounds).

[[Black Mountain (Washington County, New York)|Black Mountain]], in the Adirondacks, is the tallest peak in Washington County at approximately {{convert|2,640|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}}, and has beautiful views of Lake George, Lake Champlain, the surrounding countryside, and the [[Adirondacks]], [[Taconic Mountains]] and [[Green Mountains]]. Willard Mountain is a ski center in the southern part of the county.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Essex County, New York|Essex County]] – north
* [[Addison County, Vermont]] – northeast
* [[Rutland County, Vermont]] – east
* [[Bennington County, Vermont]] – southeast
* [[Rensselaer County, New York|Rensselaer County]] – south
* [[Saratoga County, New York|Saratoga County]] – southwest
* [[Warren County, New York|Warren County]] – west

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1790 = 14077
| 1800 = 35574
| 1810 = 44289
| 1820 = 38831
| 1830 = 42635
| 1840 = 41080
| 1850 = 44750
| 1860 = 45904
| 1870 = 49568
| 1880 = 47871
| 1890 = 45690
| 1900 = 45624
| 1910 = 47778
| 1920 = 44888
| 1930 = 46482
| 1940 = 46726
| 1950 = 47144
| 1960 = 48476
| 1970 = 52725
| 1980 = 54795
| 1990 = 59330
| 2000 = 61042
| 2010 = 63216
| 2020 = 61302
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 60047
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 8, 2015}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 8, 2015}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ny190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 8, 2015}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 8, 2015}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 61,042 people, 22,458 households, and 15,787 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|73|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 26,794 housing units at an average density of {{convert|32|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units&nbsp;}}. The racial makeup of the county was 94.97% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 2.92% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.20% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.28% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.84% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.77% from two or more races. 2.02% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 17.5% were of [[Irish people|Irish]], 14.1% [[French people|French]], 12.1% [[English people|English]], 11.1% [[United States|American]], 9.0% [[Italian people|Italian]] and 7.7% [[German people|German]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]]. 96.9% spoke [[English language|English]] and 1.4% [[Spanish language|Spanish]] as their first language.

There were 22,458 households, out of which 33.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.20% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.70% were non-families. 24.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.60% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 29.40% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 105.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,668, and the median income for a family was $43,500. Males had a median income of $31,537 versus $22,160 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $17,958. About 6.80% of families and 9.40% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.30% of those under age 18 and 7.30% of those age 65 or over.

===2020 Census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Washington County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title =P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Washington County, New York|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Washington%20County,%20New%20York&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (NH)
|54,605
|89.1%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (NH)
|1,563
|2.6%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] (NH)
|149
|0.24%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (NH)
|319
|0.52%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|22
|.03%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] (NH)
|2,883
|4.7%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|1,761
|2.9%
|}

== Government ==
The county government consists of a board of supervisors with weighted votes. Each town supervisor holds a seat on the county government, and their votes are based on the population of their town, with Kingsbury and Fort Edward supervisors having the largest number of votes, and Putnam having the fewest votes. The 2017 weighted vote totals are available on the [http://www.co.washington.ny.us/413/Weighted-Vote county website].

==Politics==
{{Hidden begin
|titlestyle = background:#ccccff;
|title      = Gubernatorial elections results
}}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Gubernatorial elections results<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=36&f=0&off=99|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – Sate Data|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2022 New York gubernatorial election|2022]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.96%''' ''14,155''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.91% ''7,946''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.13% ''29''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2018 New York gubernatorial election|2018]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.76%''' ''12,879''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.24% ''6,411''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.00% ''1,232''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2014 New York gubernatorial election|2014]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.26%''' ''8,699''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|32.59% ''4,866''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.15% ''1,367''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2010 New York gubernatorial election|2010]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|42.03% ''7,669''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.98%''' ''9,485''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.99% ''1,093''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2006 New York gubernatorial election|2006]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.62% ''7,024''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.51%''' ''10,822''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.87% ''340''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2002 New York gubernatorial election|2002]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''56.50%''' ''9,491''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|22.42% ''3,767''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|21.07% ''3,541''
|}
{{Hidden end}}

Prior to 1996, Washington County was a Republican stronghold, with the only time between 1884 and 1992 that a Republican presidential candidate failed to win the county being 1964 when [[Barry Goldwater]] lost every county in New York in his statewide and national landslide loss. Since 1996, it has become a bellwether county, but Republican candidate margins of victory have been greater than those by Democratic candidates and broke its bellwether streak in 2020 when [[Donald Trump]] won the county. In his 2020 performance, Trump received the highest percentage of the vote for a Republican since 1988 when [[George H. W. Bush]] received 62 percent, proceeding to expand his success further four years later. No Democrat aside from [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in the aforementioned 1964 election has managed to win majority of the county's votes.

{{PresHead|place=Washington County, New York|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=October 25, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|1952|Republican|17,551|6,210|22|New York}}
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{{PresRow|1932|Republican|14,478|7,512|194|New York}}
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{{PresRow|1912|Republican|4,593|3,555|3,072|New York}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|7,933|3,593|561|New York}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|8,324|3,517|514|New York}}
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{{PresRow|1896|Republican|8,139|3,239|397|New York}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|6,794|3,731|885|New York}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|8,023|4,284|386|New York}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|7,337|4,222|370|New York}}
|}

== Transportation ==
[[File:NYSR22 WashingtonCty.jpg|thumb|[[New York State Route 22]] passing through Washington County]]

=== Airports ===
The following public use airports are located in the county:<ref>[http://www.tollfreeairline.com/newyork/washington.htm Washington County Public and Private Airports, New York]. Retrieved June 14, 2013.</ref>
* [[Argyle Airport (New York)|Argyle Airport]] (1C3) – [[Argyle, New York|Argyle]]
* [[Chapin Field]] (1B8) – [[Cambridge, New York|Cambridge]]
* [[Granville Airport]] (B01) – [[Granville, New York|Granville]]

=== Rail ===
[[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Adirondack (train)|Adirondack]]'' and ''[[Ethan Allen Express]]'' services each travel through Washington County once a day in each direction on their routes between [[New York City|New York, New York]] and [[Montreal|Montreal, Québec]] or [[Burlington, Vermont]], respectively. Both routes stop in [[Fort Edward station|Fort Edward]] and the ''Adirondack'' additionally serves [[Whitehall station|Whitehall]]. The ''Adirondack'' was temporarily suspended from March 2020 through early April 2023 due to the closure of the [[Canada–United States border|Canadian/American border]] in response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and related logistical challenges.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.wcax.com/2023/04/03/back-track-amtraks-adirondack-train-returns-north-country/ |title= Back on track: Amtrak's Adirondack train returns to the North Country|date=September 7, 2022}}</ref>

==Communities==

===Towns===
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* [[Argyle (town), New York|Argyle]]
* [[Cambridge (town), New York|Cambridge]]
* [[Dresden, Washington County, New York|Dresden]]
* [[Easton, New York|Easton]]
* [[Fort Ann (town), New York|Fort Ann]]
* [[Fort Edward (town), New York|Fort Edward]] (county seat)
* [[Granville (town), New York|Granville]]
* [[Greenwich (town), New York|Greenwich]]
* [[Hampton, New York|Hampton]]
* [[Hartford, New York|Hartford]]
* [[Hebron, New York|Hebron]]
* [[Jackson, New York|Jackson]]
* [[Kingsbury, New York|Kingsbury]]
* [[Putnam, New York|Putnam]]
* [[Salem (town), New York|Salem]]
* [[White Creek, New York|White Creek]]
* [[Whitehall (town), New York|Whitehall]]
{{div col end}}

===Villages===
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Argyle (village), New York|Argyle]]
* [[Cambridge (village), New York|Cambridge]]
* [[Fort Ann (village), New York|Fort Ann]]
* [[Fort Edward (village), New York|Fort Edward]]
* [[Granville (village), New York|Granville]]
* [[Greenwich (village), New York|Greenwich]]
* [[Hudson Falls, New York|Hudson Falls]]
* [[Whitehall (village), New York|Whitehall]]
{{div col end}}

===Census-designated places===
* [[North Granville, New York|North Granville]]
* [[Salem (hamlet), New York|Salem]]

===Hamlets===
* [[Cossayuna, New York|Cossayuna]]
* [[East Greenwich, New York|East Greenwich]]
* [[East Lake George, New York|East Lake George]]
* [[Goose Island, New York|Goose Island]]
* [[Huletts Landing, New York|Huletts Landing]]
* [[Kattskill Bay, New York|Kattskill Bay]]
* [[Shushan, New York|Shushan]]

==Notable people==
* [[Frank Buckley Walker]], a talent agent who discovered the likes of [[Bessie Smith]] and [[Hank Williams]].
* [[Townsend Harris]], the first United States Consul-General to Japan.
* [[Chester A. Arthur]] – Lived in Greenwich/Union Village for five years in his youth before becoming 21st President of the United States in 1881.
* [[Grandma Moses]], American painter
* [[Phantogram (band)|Josh Carter]], musician in American music duo Phantogram
* [[Susan B. Anthony]] (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was a prominent American [[civil rights]] leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th-century [[women's rights]] movement to gain [[History of women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage in the United States]]. She moved with her family to [[Battenville, New York]] when she was six.
* [[Solomon Northup]] was a free-born [[African American]] fiddler who had a farm in Hebron before moving to [[Saratoga Springs, New York|Saratoga Springs]]. Kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery in [[Louisiana]], he was freed in 1853, and that year published his memoir ''[[Twelve Years a Slave]]'' (1853).<ref>''[[Twelve Years a Slave]]''</ref> In 1984, the memoir was adapted as a PBS television movie entitled ''Solomon Northup's Odyssey'', directed by [[Gordon Parks]]; in 2013 it was adapted as a feature movie ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)]].''
* [[Sigurd Raschèr]] (pronounced 'Rah-sher') (May 15, 1907, in [[Elberfeld]], Germany – February 25, 2001, in [[Shushan, New York]]) was an American [[saxophonist]] of German birth. He became one of the most important figures in the development of the 20th century repertoire for the concert saxophone.
* [[James Howard Kunstler]] (b. October 19, 1948). Author of ''[[The Geography of Nowhere]],'' ''[[The Long Emergency]],'' and the ''[[World Made By Hand]]'' novel series.
* [[Frank J. Kimball]], Wisconsin State Assemblyman, was born in Washington County.<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1909,' Biographical Sketch of Frank J. Kimball, pg. 1107</ref>
* [[Curtis Mann]], Wisconsin State Senator, was born in Washington County.<ref>'Curtis Mann Dies at Summit,; '''Milwaukee Weekly Wisconsin,''' March 3, 1894, pg1</ref>
* [[E. D. Rogers]], Wisconsin State Assembly, was born in Washington County.<ref>"legislative Manual of Wisconsin 1875,' Biographical Sketch of E. D. Rogers, pg. 473</ref>
* [[John Lourie Beveridge|John L. Beveridge]], [[List of Governors of Illinois|16th Governor of Illinois]] (January 23, 1873 – January 8, 1877), [[List of Lieutenant Governors of Illinois|18th Lt. Governor of Illinois]] (January 13, 1873 – January 23, 1873), Member from Illinois of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], [[42nd United States Congress|(42nd Congress]]), [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], born in town of [[Greenwich (town), New York|Greenwich]] in Washington County on July 6, 1824
*[[James M. Hinds]] (December 5, 1833 – October 22, 1868) was born and raised in the town of [[Hebron, New York|Hebron]] in Washington County. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from July to October 1868 representing the 2nd Congressional District of Arkansas as a Republican. He became the first congressional representative to be assassinated while in office after being targeted by the Ku Klux Klan for advocating for civil rights for former slaves. He is buried in [[Salem, New York|Salem's]] Evergreen Cemetery.

==See also==
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* [[List of counties in New York]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, New York]]

==Notes==
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{{efn|name="Sullivan-founding"|"Washington County, or Charlotte County, to give it the title under which it was erected, March 12, 1772, comprised a great slice of Northern New York, mostly west of Lake Champlain, reaching from the Hudson to Canada, a distance of more than 100 miles, extending westward a width of fifty. The name was changed to the present nomenclature April 2, 1784, and there began but a few years later a series of reductions in its area. Clinton County was set off in 1788; the east portion ceded to Vermont in 1790; and Warren was taken from the north part in 1813.{{r|name="Sullivan1927p429"}}
 }}
}}

==References==
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{{r|n="Sullivan1927p429"|r=
  {{cite Q|Q114149636|mode=cs1|p=429|chapter=Chapter III. Washington County.
  |editor=Sullivan, James
  |editor2=Williams, Melvin E.
  |editor3=Conklin, Edwin P.
  |editor4=Fitzpatrick, Benedict
 }}}}
}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|title=History and Biography of Washington County and the Town of Queensbury, New York: With Historical Notes on the Various Towns.|publication-place=New York City, Chicago, Richmond|publisher=Gresham Publishing Company|year=1894|lccn=08032957|url=https://archive.org/details/historybiography00gres}}
* Johnson, Crisfield, [https://archive.org/details/historyofwashing00john ''History of Washington County, New York: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers.''] Philadelphia: Everts and Ensign, 1878.
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Stone|editor1-first=William Leete|editor2-last=Wait|editor2-first=A. Dallas|title=Washington County, New York; its History to the Close of the Nineteenth Century.|publication-place=[New York]|publisher=New York History Co.|year=1901|lccn=04005212|oclc=5984880|hdl=loc.gdc/scd0001.00038648329|url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00038648329}}
* {{cite Q|Q114149636|mode=cs1|p=429-35|chapter=Chapter III. Washington County.
 |editor=Sullivan, James
 |editor2=Williams, Melvin E.
 |editor3=Conklin, Edwin P.
 |editor4=Fitzpatrick, Benedict
 }}

==External links==
* [http://www.washingtoncountyny.gov Washington County, New York Official Website]

===History===
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA.html Political history/notable people of Washington County]
* [http://www.CambridgePhoto.com Richard Clayton Photography Vintage Washington County, New York and area photos]
* [http://www.historicmapsrestored.com/countymaps/t-z/washington1829.html Old Landowners Map of Washington County]
* [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3ATwelve%20years%20a%20slave%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts ''Twelve Years a Slave''] at [[Internet Archive]] (scanned books original editions color illustrated)

===Watershed/Conservancy===
* [http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=02010001 Lake George Watershed &ndash; 02010001] Northern Hebron's north-draining waters
* [http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=02020003 Hudson-Hoosic Watershed &ndash; 02020003] Hebron's south-draining waters
* [http://www.peaklist.org/USmaps/newenglandsummits.gif Mountains of Northern Appalachians] Thick red line shows approx watershed divide
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080910102047/http://www.priweb.org/ed/TFGuide/NE/topo/topo_files2/topo_pdfs/ne_topo2.pdf Watershed divide] Map of Champlain/Hudson valley divide w/Taconics
* [http://www.protectadks.org Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks]
* [http://www.adirondackcouncil.org/ Adirondack Council]
* [http://www.rcpa.org/ Residents' Committee to Protect the Adirondacks]
* [http://www.adk.org Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090413025019/http://www.poultneymettowee.org/  Poultney Mettowee Watershed Partnership]
* [http://www.lglc.org Lake George Land Conservancy]
* [http://www.hudsonwatershed.org Hudson River Watershed Alliance]
* [http://yosemite.epa.gov/water/adopt.nsf/(SearchAdopt)/3483D0AA12C27CDE85256F940066912C?OpenDocument Battenkill Conservancy]
* [http://yosemite.epa.gov/water/adopt.nsf/(SearchAdopt)/FB7B6FFC89C784728525653600527DE8?OpenDocument Battenkill Watershed Council]

===State agencies===
* [http://apa.ny.gov/Research/index.html NYS Adirondack Park Agency - Extensive park information]
* [http://www.adkvic.org/ Adirondack Park Visitor Interpretive Centers]

===Museums===
* [http://www.hydecollection.org/  Hyde Collection Art Museum, Historic House & Gardens]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090904004401/http://www.salem-ny.com/interest.html Rexleigh Covered Bridge Museum]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090825012753/http://www.salem-ny.com/georgi.html Georgi Museum]  European Art
* [http://www.slatevalleymuseum.org/ Slate Valley Museum]
* [http://www.rathbunsmaple.com/ Rathbuns Maple Sugar House Museum and Restaurant]
* [http://www.hicksorchard.com/ Hicks Orchard]
* [http://www.pembermuseum.com/ Pember Library and Museum]

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|North     = [[Essex County, New York|Essex County]]
|Northeast = [[Addison County, Vermont]]
|East      = [[Rutland County, Vermont]]
|Southeast = [[Bennington County, Vermont]]
|South     = [[Rensselaer County, New York|Rensselaer County]]
|Southwest = [[Saratoga County, New York|Saratoga County]]
|West      = [[Warren County, New York|Warren County]]
|Northwest =
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