List of memorials to George Washington

This is a list of memorials to George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and first president of the United States.

States, counties, and townships

For additional municipalities named for George Washington, see: § In the United States (below).
For 10 other states that have townships named for George Washington, see: Washington Township (disambiguation).

One of the United States, 31 counties, and 241 civil townships are named for George Washington.

Place Type
Washingtonstate
Washington County30 counties
Washington Parish, Louisianacounty equivalent
Washington Township, Arkansas11 townships
Washington Township, North Dakotatownship
Washington Township, South Dakota3 townships
Washington Township, Illinois3 townships
Washington Township, Michigan3 townships
Washington Township, Nebraska4 townships
Washington Township, New Jersey5 townships
Washington Township, Ohio43 townships
Town of Washington, Wisconsin7 township equivalents
Town of Port Washington, Wisconsintownship equivalent
Lake Washington Township, North Dakotatownship

Municipalities and inhabited areas

Place State Type
WashingtonDistrict of Columbiacity
WashingtonArkansascity
WashingtonGeorgiacity
WashingtonIllinoiscity
WashingtonIndianacity
WashingtonIowacity
WashingtonKansascity
WashingtonMissouricity
WashingtonNorth Carolinacity
WashingtonPennsylvaniacity
WashingtonUtahcity
WashingtonConnecticuttown
WashingtonLouisianatown
WashingtonMainetown
WashingtonMassachusettstown
WashingtonNew Hampshiretown
WashingtonNew Yorktown
WashingtonOklahomatown
WashingtonVermonttown
WashingtonVirginiatown
WashingtonKentuckyvillage
WashingtonNebraskavillage
WashingtonNew Jerseyborough
WashingtonMississippiunincorporated community
WashingtonWisconsinunincorporated community
WashingtonWest VirginiaCDP
Port WashingtonWisconsincity
Fort WashingtonPennsylvaniacity
North WashingtonIowacity
Washington Court HouseOhiocity
Washington TerraceUtahcity
Mount WashingtonKentuckycity
Mount WashingtonMassachusettstown
Washington GroveMarylandtown
Washington ParkNorth Carolinatown
Washington ParkIllinoisvillage
Port Washington NorthNew Yorkvillage
Little WashingtonVirginiavillage
Port WashingtonOhiovillage
Old WashingtonOhiovillage
New WashingtonOhiovillage
WashingtonvilleOhiovillage
WashingtonvilleNew Yorkvillage
WashingtonvillePennsylvaniaborough
New WashingtonPennsylvaniaborough
East WashingtonPennsylvaniaborough
Washington ValleyNew Jerseyunincorporated community
Washington CrossingNew Jerseyunincorporated community
Washington CrossingPennsylvaniaunincorporated community
Washington-on-the-BrazosTexasunincorporated community
Washington MillsIowaunincorporated community
Washington PrairieIowaunincorporated community
Fort WashingtonMarylandCDP
Fort WashingtonCaliforniaCDP
New WashingtonIndianaCDP
GeorgeWashingtoncity
GeorgetownKentuckyCDP

Institutions

Forts

Estates

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

Geological features

Parks

Neighborhoods

Transportation

Monuments

Washington, D.C.

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York City
Outside New York City

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Washington (state)

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Colombia

France

Hungary

Mexico

Peru

Thailand

United Kingdom

Venezuela

Other

In the United States

See also: § States, counties, and townships (above).

Some of the locations below are named for George Washington:

Outside the United States

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

  • George Washington, a small town in Cuba's Villa Clara Province[14]
  • George Washington Avenue (Spanish: Avenida George Washington) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • George Washington Avenue (Polish: Aleja Jerzego Waszyngtona) in Warsaw, Poland
  • George Washington Roundabout (Polish: Rondo Jerzego Waszyngtona) in Warsaw, Poland
  • George Washington Street (Serbian: Улица Џорџа Вашингтона/Ulica Džordža Vašingtona) in Belgrade, Serbia
  • New Washington, a small town in Aklan Province, Philippines
  • Washington Avenue (Italian: Viale Washington) in Rome, Italy
  • Washington Avenue (German: Washington Allee) in Hamburg, Germany
  • Washington Island, a coral atoll belonging to Kiribati
  • Washington Street in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Washington Street (French: Rue Washington) in Paris, France; 8th arrondissement
  • Washington Street (French: Rue Washington; Dutch: Washingtonstraat) in Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
  • Washington Street, Cork, in Cork, Ireland
  • Washington Park (Spanish: Parque Washington) in Barranquilla, Colombia
  • George Washington Street (Ukrainian: Вулиця Джорджа Вашингтона) in Lviv, Ukraine
  • Washington Place, a village in Dasmariñas, Cavite
  • Cape Washington, in Antarctica (74°39′S 165°25′E) and Greenland (83°31′N 38°0′W)

See also

References

  1. Weiss, Bari. "San Francisco Will Spend $600,000 to Erase History", The New York Times, June 28, 2019.
  2. Washington by Donald De Lue from SIRIS.
  3. Knox Trail Monument No. 25 (Massachusetts) Archived 2012-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-statues-of-washington-pioneers-vandalized/573209481/
  5. George Washington Kneeling in Prayer (Paramus, New Jersey) from Historic Marker Database.
  6. George Washington Kneeling in Prayer Archived 2011-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
  7. George Washington Monument, Cleveland
  8. Ryan, Jim (2020-06-19). "George Washington statue toppled during 22nd consecutive day of Portland protests". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  9. KATU Staff (2020-06-19). "George Washington statue in Portland toppled, protests continue". KATU. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  10. David Williams (2020-06-19). "Protesters tore down a George Washington statue and set a fire on its head". CNN. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  11. "Texas' Unlucky Sculptor". Texas Co-op Power Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  12. Inscription: "El Gobierno y el Pueblo de Venezuela a JORGE WASHINGTON Fundador de la Republica del Norte Erigido en el Centenario del Libertador Simon Bolivar 1883." Source: Frances David Whittemore, George Washington in Sculpture (2005), p. 125.
  13. Venezuela Washington from Flickr.
  14. http://www.ecured.cu/index.php/George_Washington_%28Santo_Domingo,_Cuba%29
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