List of memorials to George Washington

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

Federal holiday

Washington's Birthday has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1879.

States, counties, and townships

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

PlaceType
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

PlaceStateType
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

United States

Washington, D.C.

California

Colorado

Connecticut

  • George Washington as Master Mason (1959, this cast 1965), by Donald De Lue, Masonicare Health Center, Wallingford
  • Washington College, founded in Hartford in 1823 (later changed its name to Trinity College

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

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

Argentina

Colombia

France

Hungary

Mexico

Peru

Poland

Thailand

United Kingdom

Venezuela

Other

In the United States

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 Villa Clara Province, Cuba
  • 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, Philippines
  • Cape Washington, in Antarctica (74°39′S 165°25′E / 74.650°S 165.417°E / -74.650; 165.417) and Greenland (83°31′N 38°0′W / 83.517°N 38.000°W / 83.517; -38.000)

See also

References