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Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,027. [1] Its county seat is Springfield. [2] The county is named for George Washington. [3] Washington County was the first county formed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky when it reached statehood, and the sixteenth county formed. [4]
The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory.
California is a borough on the Monongahela River in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,479 as of the 2020 census. [4] It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. [5] Founded in 1849, the borough was named for the territory of California following the gold rush. [6]
Because today's largest county by area, Pike County, is 788 square miles (2,041 km 2), it is only still possible to form a new county from portions of more than one existing county; McCreary County was formed in this manner, from parts of Wayne, Pulaski and Whitley counties. Kentucky was originally a single county in Virginia, created in 1776.
An enlargeable map of the 3,143 counties and county equivalents located in the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. as of 2020. The 100 county equivalents in the U.S. territories are not on this map. There are 3,244 counties and county equivalents in the United States.
A post office has been in operation at California since 1852. [4] California was incorporated as a city on February 7, 1874. [5] The Elijah Herndon House in California is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Campbell County. Soprano Mary Hissem De Moss was born in California, Kentucky in 1871. [6]
Parts of Allegheny and Lycoming counties; attached to Crawford County until 1805 and then to Venango until Warren was formally organized in 1819. Joseph Warren, Revolutionary War general 37,572: 898 sq mi (2,326 km 2) Washington County: 125: Washington: 1781: Parts of Westmoreland County: George Washington, first U.S. President 210,232: 861 sq ...
Buncombe County, North Carolina, in 2016 and 2024; Bureau County, Illinois, in 2012 and 2020; Butte County, California, in 1996 and 2012; Calhoun County, Michigan, in 2000 and 2020; Calhoun County, South Carolina, in 1980 and 2020; Cascade County, Montana, in 2012 and 2020; Cass County, Michigan, in 2012 and 2020; Centre County, Pennsylvania ...