Washington Parish was created on 1819 , from St. Tammy Parish and the parish was named in honor of U.S. President George Washington . The Parish seat is Franklinton .

It is borderd by Pike County, MS (northwest), Walthall County, MS (north), Marion County, MS (northeast), Pearl River County, MS (east), St. Tammany Parish (south), Tangipahoa Parish (west) . Cites, Towns and Communities include Angie, Bogalusa, Franklinton, Varnado . Unincorporated areas of interest in the parish include Bickham, Clifton, Fussell, Green, Hurd, Isabel, Jenkins, Jerry, Lees Creek, Mt. Herman, Pine, Plainview, Price, Richardson, Rio, Sheridan, Stoney Point, Springhill, State Line, Sunnyhill, Thomas, Warnerton and Zona.
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The USGenWeb has provided easy to use forms for submitting any records to the Louisiana GenWeb Washington Parish Archives. You can still submit a free form text document if you choose not to use the form provided. Click here to go to the FORMS or send your documents to Chere Lee if you would like to contribute to the Washington Parish Archive Project.

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We are looking for any historical documents, articles, photos, etc. Everyone is urged to donate transcriptions of Washington Parish bible records, cemeteries, court records, old newspaper articles, biographies of residents, old letters, census data, obituaries, family histories, parish histories, military records, old photographs, etc.

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LAGenWeb Washington Parish TOC - http://theusgenweb.org/la/washington/