Washington (US cities)

Washington 1 City (1990 pop. 10,838), seat of Daviess co., SW Ind.; settled 1805, inc. as a city 1871. Turkey processing and farming are the chief economic activities, and there is light manufacturing.

2 City, SW Ohio: see Washington Court House , Ohio.

3 City (1990 pop. 15,864), seat of Washington co., SW Pa., in a bituminous coal region; settled 1769, laid out 1781, inc. as a city 1924. There is agriculture, coal mining, limestone quarrying, tool and die making, and the manufacture of metal, paper, and plastic products, valves, machinery, iron molds for the glass industry, and wire and cable. The David Bradford House, erected in 1788, was a meeting place in the Whiskey Rebellion (1794). Le Moyne House (1812) was the home of Dr. Francis Le Moyne, an abolitionist leader. Washington and Jefferson College (1781; oldest college W of the Alleghenies) is there.

Washington, Bonaire, UK, USA 1. UK (Northumberland/England): formerly Wassyngtona ‘Wassa's Village’ from an Old English personal name, ‐ing‐ and tūn.2. USA (District of Columbia): the site for the city, planned from the outset as the national capital, was chosen by, and named after, George Washington^† in 1791. Washington originally wanted the city to be called the ‘District of Columbia’ in honour of Christopher Columbus^†. The city began to function as the capital in 1800.3. USA: a state named after George Washington^†. Oregon County, as it was then known, joined the USA in 1848 at which time it was renamed the Territory of Oregon. In 1853 what is now the state of Washington was detached from Oregon and renamed Washington Territory. It joined the Union in 1889 as the 42nd state.