Washington

Washington is the name of over 200 cities, towns, townships, villages, and hamlets in the United States, of which the largest, after the federal capital, are (1) the capital of Daviess county, Indiana, 173 miles by rail W. of Cincinnati, with coal-mines near by, and a pop. of 6064; (2) the capital of Fayette county, Ohio, 77 miles by rail ENE. of Cincinnati, with a pop. of 5742; and (3) the capital of Washington county, Pennsylvania, 31 miles by rail SW. of Pittsburgh, with many mills and cigar-factories, coal-mines, and exports of wool, and containing the Washington and Jefferson College (Presbyterian; founded 1802). Pop. 7063.