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Washington County Table of Contents
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Table of Contents maintained by:
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The File Manager for Kansas USGenWeb Archives
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Washington County is fifth in the first tier of counties stretching west from the Missouri River.
To the north lay Jefferson and Gage counties, Nebraska; east, Marshall County; south, Riley
and Clay counties; west, Republic and Cloud. Washington County is embraced within that fertile
territory which lies between the Blue and Republican rivers as they flow southeast into the
Kansas River.1
Organized in 1873. County seat Washington. Named in honor of George Washington, the
first president of the United States. 2
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William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
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2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)
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