Our Beginning: Washington, Kansas is the county seat of Washington County. Goldseekers traveled by the thousands through Washington County in 1849 along the Oregon-California Trail.
Not until 1857 did the first settlers come in numbers to claim farms in the rich creek and river valleys. In 1860, one year before Kansas became a state, Mr.'s Ballard, Bowen and Pierce founded Washington. Following the Civil War, settlers came more rapidly and the town began to grow.
The coming of the Union Pacific Railroad to the community was celebrated in 1877. The Burlington Northern arrived in 1884. The community was named after our First President, George Washington.
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Washington, Kansas is located on U.S. Highway 36 and Kansas Highway 15.
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