List of places named for George Washington

This is a list of places in the United States named for George Washington, commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and first president of the United States;

Contents 1 Counties 2 Cities, towns, villages, and other municipalities in the United States 3 Education 4 Forts 5 Houses 6 Parks 7 Ports 8 Neighborhoods 9 Transportation 10 Other 10.1 In the United States 10.2 Outside the United States 11 See also

Counties

There are 30 counties in the United States named Washington County.

Cities, towns, villages, and other municipalities in the United States

• George, Washington
• Georgetown, Kentucky
• Georgetown, Massachusetts
• Port Washington, New York
• Port Washington, Wisconsin
• Washington, Connecticut
• Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital
• Washington, Georgia
• Washington, Illinois
• Washington, Indiana
• Washington, Iowa
• Washington, Kansas
• Washington, Massachusetts
• Washington Township, Michigan (disambiguation)
• Washington, Missouri
• Washington, New Hampshire
• Washington, New Jersey
• Washington, North Carolina
• Washington, Pennsylvania
• Washington Court House, Ohio
• Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
• Washington Terrace, Utah
• Washington's Crossing, Pennsylvania
• Washingtonville, New York
• Washingtonville, Pennsylvania

Education

Colleges and universities named after George Washington

• Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington
• Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington
• Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky
• The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
• University Of Washington in Seattle, Washington
• Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania
• Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia
• Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland
• Washington State University in Pullman, Washington
• Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri
• Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington

Forts

• Fort Washington (New York), a fortified position near the north end of Manhattan Island during the American Revolutionary War
• Fort Washington, a frontier outpost at Cincinnati, Ohio
• Fort Washington, a still-extant earthworks fortification in Cambridge, Massachusetts from the Siege of Boston
• Fort Washington, Maryland
• Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

Houses

• Washington Place, Honolulu, private residence of Queen Liliʻuokalani of Hawaiʻi

Parks

• Washington Crossing Historic Park in Pennsylvania
• Washington Crossing State Park in New Jersey
• Washington Park, Florida
• Washington Park, Illinois
• Washington Park, North Carolina
• Washington Square Park, New York City
• Washington Square Park, Philadelphia
• Washington Square (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Ports

• Port Washington, New York
• Port Washington, Ohio
• Port Washington, Wisconsin

Neighborhoods

• Washington Heights, Chicago
• Washington Heights, Manhattan

Transportation

• George Washington Bridge, crossing the Hudson River between New Jersey to New York
• George Washington Memorial Parkway in Washington, D.C., maintained by the U.S. National Park Service
• Washington Bridge, Harlem River, New York, New York
• Washington Bridge, Providence, Rhode Island
• Washington Circle in the District of Columbia

Other

In the United States

• Washington, the U.S. state
• Washington Island in Wisconsin
• Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas

Some of the locations below may be named for George Washington:

• the 241 townships in the United States named Washington; see Washington Township (disambiguation)
• the 26 cities and 1 village named Washington; see Washington (disambiguation)
• the 2 villages named Washingtonville (disambiguation)
• the 15 mountains, town, city, and four neighborhoods named Mount Washington

Cincinnati, Ohio, is indirectly named for George Washington. The city is named for the Society of the Cincinnati, named itself to honor George Washington by comparing him to the Roman general Cincinnatus.

Outside the United States

Places named for George Washington outside of the United States include:

• George Washington Avenue (Spanish: Avenida George Washington) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• George Washington Street (Serbian: Улица Џорџа Вашингтона/Ulica Džordža Vašingtona) in Belgrade, Serbia
• Washington Avenue (Italian: Viale Washington) in Rome, Italy
• Washington Avenue (German: Washington Allee) in Hamburg, Germany
• Washington Island, a coral atol belonging to Kiribati
• Washington Street (French: Rue Washington) in Paris, 8th arrondisement
• Washington Park (Spanish: Parque Washington) in Barranquilla, Colombia

See also

• Washington (disambiguation)
• George Washington (disambiguation)