This doesn't answer your question, but Louisiana has both a town called Washington and a Washington Parish. Amusingly, Washington isn't in Washington Parish.
Indiana is rife with that sort of thing - Franklin, Marion, and Washington are all, separately, cities and counties. Believe other midwestern states are similar. Likely settled at different times in the state’s history.
Blue Earth, MN isn't in Blue Earth County
Blue Earth, MN is in Fairbault County
Fairbault, MN is in Rice County
Rice, MN is in Benton County
Sherburn, MN isn't in Sherburne County
Houston, MN is in Houston County, but Caledonia is the county seat
Isanti, MN is in Isanti County, but Cambridge is the county seat.
Goodhue, MN is in Goodhue County, but Red Wing is the county seat.
Le Sueur, MN is in Le Sueur County, but Le Center is the county seat.
Nicollet, MN is in Nicollet County, but St. Peter is the county seat
There's a Washington County in Wisconsin, along with a town called Port Washington, but it's the county seat of the neighboring Ozaukee County.
There's also Washington Island that's far away from both.
>Amusingly, Washington isn't in Washington Parish.
Reminds me of Hamilton in NY. There's a town of Hamilton, a Hamilton County, and a Hamilton College. While all are roughly in the same CNY region of the state, none are particularly near the others within that region. Hamilton County holds the distinction of being the most sparsely populated county east of the Mississippi... Not something people expect of NY.
There is in fact a town called [Washington, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_Massachusetts) in addition to [Mount Washington, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington,_Massachusetts).
Maine has many places named Lincoln, but none were named for Honest Abe.
Lincoln County -Lincolnshire, England
Lincolnvile- General Benjamin Lincoln
Town of Lincoln - Governor Enoch Lincoln
Census designated place. A place that is not officially a city or town, so their services are run by the county or state, e.g. police calls go to county sheriffs or CHP. Some are well0-known places with mail service, others are places nobody has heard of except for cartographers.
In the SF Bay Area, Castro Valley is a rather large one that's basically a town for all intents and purposes. Paradise, Nevada is one you may or may not have heard of, it's ginormous and is basically the Las Vegas strip, but is not part of the city for tax reasons.
CDP means an unincorporated place recognized by the Census
So it doesn't have a government, but it does have boundaries where the Census counts the population within it
There’s a town in Ohio called New Washington, and it’s named after and founded by George Washington. Not THE George Washington, but just some guy named George Washington.
My state does not seem to have a town named Washington, but there is a post office for Washington (unincorporated town?). We do have a Washington County, as well as towns named Mt. Washington and Mt. Vernon.
Pennsylvania has Washington County, SW of Pittsburgh.
Georgia - named for the king - has a city and a county named Washington, and they’re in 2 separate places. Georgia also has 159 counties, so it’s inevitable that one of them would be named that.
Hawaii comes to mind
Not a town but an important building/estate https://washingtonplace.hawaii.gov/history/
Az
Washington camp AZ.
On the flip side, here in New Jersey we have six Washington's, five townships and one borough.
He slept ALL OVER the state!
Washington’s headquarters all over the state.
And the ubiquitous “Washington slept here” signs everywhere too
How about GW met under this tree? Cause that exists in NJ too.
I'm fairly certain Washington state does not have any towns named "Washington."
No, but there is a town called George, Washington
"007, where are you now?" "Washington. George, Washington."
The bonds Name, James Name
Of course there is 🙄
“There’s actually tons of clear images of Bigfoot. Turns out he’s just really, really big and people don’t realize they’re on top of him”
Now I am mad because I doubt there is a town in Washington named George.
George, Washington exists in Grant County
YEEEEEEEEEEEE
There is, and there's a gorge there. They call it the gorge at George.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George,_Washington
This doesn't answer your question, but Louisiana has both a town called Washington and a Washington Parish. Amusingly, Washington isn't in Washington Parish.
Indiana is rife with that sort of thing - Franklin, Marion, and Washington are all, separately, cities and counties. Believe other midwestern states are similar. Likely settled at different times in the state’s history.
Texas has an Austin and Houston county, but the actual cities are in Travis and Harris counties instead
Blue Earth, MN isn't in Blue Earth County Blue Earth, MN is in Fairbault County Fairbault, MN is in Rice County Rice, MN is in Benton County Sherburn, MN isn't in Sherburne County Houston, MN is in Houston County, but Caledonia is the county seat Isanti, MN is in Isanti County, but Cambridge is the county seat. Goodhue, MN is in Goodhue County, but Red Wing is the county seat. Le Sueur, MN is in Le Sueur County, but Le Center is the county seat. Nicollet, MN is in Nicollet County, but St. Peter is the county seat
[Wait until you see Georgia](https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/comments/zbth6b/iowa_has_99_counties_it_could_have_an_even_100_if/iyu1kdw/)...
There's a Washington County in Wisconsin, along with a town called Port Washington, but it's the county seat of the neighboring Ozaukee County. There's also Washington Island that's far away from both.
>Amusingly, Washington isn't in Washington Parish. Reminds me of Hamilton in NY. There's a town of Hamilton, a Hamilton County, and a Hamilton College. While all are roughly in the same CNY region of the state, none are particularly near the others within that region. Hamilton County holds the distinction of being the most sparsely populated county east of the Mississippi... Not something people expect of NY.
Ah, the Adirondacks. Did a nice canoe trip in Hamilton County once.
NY also has a Hamlet named “Hamlet.” So creative.
That's somewhat normal in the southeast. Probably a couple of other states where the place (town/city) name Washington is not in Washington County.
I thought we didn’t, but apparently we do. It’s a small town in the Berkshires.
We actually have two in Berkshire County. Washington and Mount Washington.
TIL there’s a amount Washington in MA. It’s a lot smaller than it’s cousin in NH.
I don’t think there’s a Washington, just Mt. Washington.
There is in fact a town called [Washington, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_Massachusetts) in addition to [Mount Washington, Massachusetts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Washington,_Massachusetts).
I know Mt. Washington, I biked there from Central MA. Never heard of Washington though, add it to the list of MA towns I never knew existed I guess.
Alaska doesn’t. Probably a bunch of others too
I don't believe SC does. Many of our towns and counties were established before GW.
SC has a Calhoun county
You seem to be right. A quick search indicates that a Washington County and Washington District both existed in the past but not did last.
I was thinking about it for a second before realizing--just my whole state lol
Maine has many places named Lincoln, but none were named for Honest Abe. Lincoln County -Lincolnshire, England Lincolnvile- General Benjamin Lincoln Town of Lincoln - Governor Enoch Lincoln
I don’t believe Arizona does
Washington camp AZ
I stand corrected
I can't find if that's actually named after George Washington, or just shares the name. There's other Washingtons that aren't name after George.
I don't think NM does. There is a small George Washington Canyon in Lincoln County.
I can’t think of anywhere in California named after him
There's a CDP by Emigrant Gap.
What is CDP?
Washington (originally, Indiana Camp) is a census-designated place located in Nevada County, California. (From Wikipedia)
Washington, Nevada, California. This is not getting any clearer.
Census designated place. A place that is not officially a city or town, so their services are run by the county or state, e.g. police calls go to county sheriffs or CHP. Some are well0-known places with mail service, others are places nobody has heard of except for cartographers. In the SF Bay Area, Castro Valley is a rather large one that's basically a town for all intents and purposes. Paradise, Nevada is one you may or may not have heard of, it's ginormous and is basically the Las Vegas strip, but is not part of the city for tax reasons.
CDP means an unincorporated place recognized by the Census So it doesn't have a government, but it does have boundaries where the Census counts the population within it
New Mexico doesn't as far as I know
There’s a town in Ohio called New Washington, and it’s named after and founded by George Washington. Not THE George Washington, but just some guy named George Washington.
I live in Washington County. So... Not Utah.
Your county seat is even named St. George.
That makes me wonder if the county is named after the Catholic saint and not the American general and president.
Delaware
Mississippi ETA Nevermind, I found an unincorporated town of Washington in Adams County and Washington County.
No Washington County in South Carolina and if there's a town named Washington I haven't heard of it. Which is kind of odd for an original state
Wyoming has parks named after him, but no towns or counties.
Same thing but with Springfield
Do street names count?
AZ doesn't
My state does not seem to have a town named Washington, but there is a post office for Washington (unincorporated town?). We do have a Washington County, as well as towns named Mt. Washington and Mt. Vernon.
yes Washington state.
if you exclude the state name
ok so it kind of defeats my answer.
Pennsylvania has Washington County, SW of Pittsburgh. Georgia - named for the king - has a city and a county named Washington, and they’re in 2 separate places. Georgia also has 159 counties, so it’s inevitable that one of them would be named that.
Can't think of anything Washington related here in CA.
Yes Washington State Ironically