“WASHINGTON COUNTY IS the most common county name in the U.S. Thirty-one states have one – or a Washington Parish, in the case of Louisiana – but their shared moniker can mask divergent histories, economies and environments that make each Washington County a unique place to live. And where a person lives can greatly affect how they live.
More than 2.5 million people across the country call a Washington County home, from the roughly 25,000 in Washington County, Florida – an area featuring marshes and wetlands just north of the Gulf of Mexico – to the nearly 600,000 in Washington County, Oregon, nestled between acres of state forest and the city of Portland.”
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