WASHINGTON COUNTY 



Washington County is situated on the eastern border of the 

 state. Vermont forms the eastern boundary, Lakes George and 

 ( 'hamplain lie on either side of the northern part, and the Hudson 

 River flows along its southwestern boundary. The area is 535,- 

 GSO aeres. Fi-om east to west the county measures approximately 

 1 7 miles, except in the -northern part, where it has a width of 4 

 or 5 miles ; from north to south 60 miles. 



The population is shown in the following table: 



Argyle 



Cambridge . 

 Dresden .... 



Easton 



Fort Ann ... . 

 Fort Edward 

 Granville . . . 

 Greenwich . . 

 Hampton . . . 

 Hartford . . . 



Population by Townships 



(Census of 1915) 



1.674 Hebron 



^Jackson 



Kingsbury* . . . 



Putnam 



.Salem 



White Creek . . 



Whitehall .... 



1,651 



514 

 2,118 

 2,302 

 5,731 

 6,381 

 4.321 



671 

 1,171 



Total 



1,356 

 988 

 7,288 

 579 

 2,473 

 2,275 

 5,462 



46,955 



Hudson Falls, in the town of Kingsbury, is the county seat. 



HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 



This county was formed from Albany County in 1772, and 

 called Charlotte County, for Queen Charlotte, wife of George III 

 of England. At that time it included not only the greater part of 

 Washington Counts', but also Warren, Essex, Clinton, and part of 

 Franklin County and eastward to the Green Mountains. 



After the Revolution the colonists chose the present appellation, 

 and this county became the first in the United States to receive the 

 name of Washington. 



One of the three great war paths oyer which the Five Xations 

 passed to wage, war with their enemies was the Canadian trail. 

 This led through Washington County to Lake Champlain, which 

 afforded a water route to the heart of Canada. Over this same 



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