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	Washington County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
		Washington County is part of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area.
		In the county, the population was spread out with 22.20% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 25.00% from 45 to 64, and 17.90% who were 65 years of age or older.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Washington_County,_Pennsylvania (452 words)

	Washington County, Pennsylvania, Location and Maps
		Washington County was formed to allow "the inhabitants of the area west of the Monongahela River to have more convenient courts and public offices, rather than the inconvenience and hardship of being so far remote from the seat of justice" (Preamble of Legislation creating Washington County, March 28, 1781).
		Another tourist attraction preserved by the Washington County Historical Society is the residence of Dr. Francis J. LeMoyne, a leading abolitionist and founder of the Western Abolition Society in 1824.
		Scenic Washington County boasts a number of historic and architectural landmarks including 23 well-maintained covered bridges, the National Pike, and its renowned courthouse, which is considered one of the finest examples of Italian renaissance architecture in the United States.
	www.pavisnet.com /washington/are.html (849 words)

	Bell Anthology - Washington Co. History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Yohogania County has disappeared, although its court records have been published and the estate and deed records are in Washington County deed books B, C, E. There is a 1778 tax list for Ohio County, which included the western part of present Washington County.
		In the formation of Washington County in 1781 there were 14 townships (3 went to Greene County in 1796).
		After the formation of Washington County the militia was organized in the spring of 1782.
	www.savory.org /chartiers/raybell/1993-history.html (1942 words)

	Village Profile Presents Washington County, Pennsylvania
		Washington County is blessed with a wealth of natural beauty for all its citizens and visitors to enjoy year round.
		There are 14 public libraries in the county, and county residents, in their quest for further knowledge and understanding, have access to the libraries at California University and W and J College.
		Washington County residents are well served by some of the best health and wellness care facilities in the state.
	www.villageprofile.com /pennsylvania/washingtoncounty/washington2.html (747 words)

	Washington County Chamber of Commerce
		Washington County offers the amenities of small town living with affordable housing, low taxes, and excellent educational facilities all within convenient access to big city activities in Pittsburgh.
		Washington County is one of the most historical and economically growing areas in the nation.
		Washington County hosts an array of businesses with a unique blend of large national / international corporations and small to medium size businesses.
	www.washcochamber.com (295 words)

	Washington County, Pennsylvania Genealogical Records Information
		Washington, the county seat, was laid out in 1781, incorporated as a borough on February 12, 1810, and chartered as a city in 1924.
		Indian ownership was yielded to Pennsylvania by the "New Purchase" deed at Ft. Stanwix in 1768, but Virginia claimed southwestern Pennsylvania (all the way to Pittsburgh) until she yielded the argument in 1780.
		Forty percent of the land is farmed, and the county is a significant producer of apples, cattle, and alfalfa and forage crops.
	www.mypennsylvaniagenealogy.com /pa_county/was.htm (1213 words)

	Village Profile Presents Washington County, Pennsylvania
		The City of Washington, located almost directly in the center of the county, is the county seat.
		Washington County boasts 23 covered bridges, placing the county second to Lancaster County with the highest number of covered bridges in the state.
		Washington County is predominantly rural and has around 60 percent of its population concentrated in its two major cities, Monongahela and Washington.
	www.villageprofile.com /pennsylvania/washingtoncounty/washington1.html (798 words)

	McIlravy/McElravy - 1812 Immigrants to Washington County, Pennsylvania
		This is confirmed by the Washington County tax valuation lists for Strabane Township where the estate of a Hugh McElrevy, including 210 acres of land, valued at $2100, appears for the tax years 1817/1818, 1818/1819, and 1819/1820.
		George was in Washington Co. Pennsylvania in the 1840 and 1850 census and was in Cadiz Township, Harrison County in 1860.
		Nancy Jane McIlravy was born in Harrison County Ohio, in 1832 and married Robert M. Creighton in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1866.
	www.ibi-tn.com /mcilravy (1741 words)

	Washington County Pennsylvania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		...Washington County has been a challenge to research during the past decade as few residents seem to be.....The atlas contains images of the original large maps housed in the Pennsylvania...
		Washington County and Washington, Pennsylvania in Southwestern PA Donnan Landscape McMurray, PA Est.
		Formed in 1781 and named after the first president of the United States, Washington County is located just south of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.
	www.lawrencecountyepics.com /washington-county-pennsylvania.html (222 words)

	Washington County, Pennsylvania Ancestors
		Barbara apparently died during their stay in Washington County.
		The Mosser, Taylor, and Good families left Washington County about 1807 to establish homes in Tuscarawas County, Ohio on 4,000 acres of bounty lands that Abraham acquired jointly with Thomas Boude.
		Taylor - Henry Taylor, Esquire, of Strabane Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, raised a family of ten children, most of whom remained in the area.
	www.phillipsplace.net /genealogy/counties/pawashington.html (240 words)

	Washington County, Mississippi Genealogical Records Information
		Washington County was named for George Washington (1732-1799) of Virginia, the commanding general of the Continental Army and the first President of the United States (1789- 1797).
		Washington Parish, Louisiana, and the Washington counties in Arkansas and Tennessee, also were named for him, as were the Washington counties in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.
		The county seats named for him are the cities and towns of Washington in Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia; Washington Courthouse in Ohio; and Port Washington in Wisconsin.
	www.mymississippigenealogy.com /ms_county/was.htm (1041 words)

	Washington County, Maryland Genealogical Records Information
		Washington County, located in western Maryland, was created from Frederick County by resolve of the Constitutional Convention of 1776.
		It is bordered on the north by the Mason-Dixon Line and Pennsylvania, the east by Frederick County, the south and southwest by the Potomac River, and the west by Allegany County.
		Appropriately enough, it was Washington County that produced the first monument to George Washington, erected on July 4, 1827 outside of Boonesboro and completed in one day by the townspeople.
	www.mymarylandgenealogy.com /md_county/wa.htm (1186 words)

	George Bendo's Photography of Pennsylvania - Washington County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Washington County sits in the rolling hills to the south of Pittsburgh.
		Much of the county developed along the National Road, a major highway that was built across the Appalachian Mountains in the eighteenth century.
		Today, Washington County is mostly comprised of suburbs of Pittsburgh, although a lot of rural farmland as well as some coal mines lie hidden among the rolling hills.
	akiko.as.arizona.edu /~gbendo/Pict/PA/pictpa_was.html (282 words)

	Washington Co., PA - Bibliography
		This area was settled in the 1770s mainly by the Scotch-Irish and is near the western Washington county border with West Virginia on the original National Road (the Old Pike, Route 40).
		D.; preached in the Presbyterian Church of Washington, Pa., March 21st, 1852, at the Special Request of the Faculty of Washington College, and of the session of the Church.
		Andrew Scott was born in Washington County, PA in 1798.
	www.chartiers.com /pages-new/biblio.html (3293 words)

	Butler County: Washington's Trail through Butler County
		Washington's assignment was to deliver a diplomatic message to the French ordering them to evacuate the region.
		During his journey to the French forts, young Washington encountered many hazards, including "Excessive Rains and Snow," being fired upon by an Indian near Harmony, PA, and near drowning in the icy waters of the Allegheny River.
		When Washington returned to Williamsburg, Virginia, he reported to the governor that the French intended to remain entrenched in the Ohio Country.
	www.co.butler.pa.us /butler/cwp/view.asp?a=1407&Q=604922 (417 words)

	Washington County, Pennsylvania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Genealogy and history in Washington county including where and how to obtain birth, marriage, death, divorce, land, will/probate, and census records.
		Pilot's social club at Washington County Airport, Pennsylvania, USA, promoting general aviation in the local community.
		Scroll of Honor for the 67 men from Washington County, Pennsylvania who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Vietnam War.
	www.lawrencecountyepics.com /washington-county,-pennsylvania.html (170 words)

	Washington County Pennsylvania - PA History Books
		History of Washington County from its first settlement to the present time : first under Virginia as Yohogania, Ohio, or Augusta County until 1781, and subsequently under Pennsylvania : with sketches of all the townships, boroughs, and villages, etc. 1870
		The courts of justice, bench and bar of Washington County, Pennsylvania : with sketches of the early court-houses
		The Lyles of Washington County, Pa : being an account of the origin, migrations and generations of the family
	www.historicpa.net /history/washington.html (363 words)

	Chapter 25 - Washington, History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania
		The first election held in Washington township, in February 1859, resulted thus: Leonard Fair and David Wolf were elected justices of the peace; Geo.
		The greater portion of the territory of Washington township is below or south of the depreciation and donation line, the original tracts of which will be first sketched.
		The remainder of Washington township is north of the depreciation line and consists of what were formerly donation lands, so that the Gapen map again and finally ceases to be used in developing the early land history of the remaining portion of this county.
	www.pa-roots.com /~armstrong/smithproject/history/chap25.html (7586 words)

	Description of the Geology of Washington County Pennsylvania
		The geology of this county is a continuation northward of the geology of Greene County already described, with the difference that the mass of the Upper Barren measures is thinner, i.e.
		The Gantz Mill well, bored just outside the Washington borough limits, late in 1884, at 1030` A.T., had a carefully kept record of the strata underlying the uplands of the county: Loam 10`, limestone 20`, coal and slate 4`, limestone 20`, slate andc.
		From: A geological hand atlas of the sixty-seven counties of Pennsylvania :embodying the results of the field work of the survey, from 1874 to 1884.
	www.libraries.psu.edu /emsl/guides/X/washington.htm (594 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Washington County, Pa. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
		U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1865-69, 1883-85; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872.
		U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1789-91, 1793-95 (at-large 1789-91, 8th District 1793-95).
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/PA/WA.html (903 words)

	Washington County, Pennsylvania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Washington County was created in 1781 from Westmoreland County.
		"Pancake is the name of one of the most historic and interesting towns on the National Pike in Washington County.
		Located just east of Washington, it is separated from the county seat by only a short distance; yet it is a separate place.
	www.usfamily.net /web/pankake/pawash.htm (304 words)

	HOMEfront: Century Plaza Elderly Housing: Washington County, Pennsylvania
		In late 1992, the Washington County (Pennsylvania) Redevelopment Authority used Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to acquire the Century Plaza Motel from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
		The authority joined with the Nonprofit Housing Corporation of Washington County, with whom it had previously developed elderly housing, to develop the project.
		The county provided loans of more than $1.337 million in fiscal year 1992 HOME funds and more than $2 million in CDBG funds, approximately $714,000 of which was used to purchase the property.
	www.nahro.org /home/washing.html (598 words)

	Miscellaneous Washington County, Pennsylvania Obituaries
		Surviving are three sons, Kenneth and Dennis Chappel, both of Washington, and James Chappel of Deland, Fla.; three daughters, Vivian Kita and Shirley Slesh, both of Washington, and Susan Dague of Canonsburg; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
		Surviving are a son, John Mastrangelo of Anaheim, Calif.; a daughter, Barbara Jicomelli of Canonsburg; two brothers, William Mastrangelo of Washington and Tony Mastrangelo of Havertown; a sister, Mary Astbury of Bradenton, Fla.; a granddaughter, Tina Richardson; and several nieces and nephews.
		Surviving are two daughters, Sheila Burson of Coolidge, Ariz., and Teresa Reese of Washington; three sons, Charles Zelenka of Washington, and Martin and Michael Zelenka, both of Florence; five grandchildren, April Gillespie, Jessie Reese, Rachel Zelenka, and Lauren and Corey Burson; and one great-grandchild.
	www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/pa/pa-washington196.htm (4481 words)

	Washington County, Pennsylvania
		Pennsylvania has hundreds of colleges and universities to choose from...
		Pennsylvania has hundreds of Bed and Breakfasts scattered across all of our regions and 67 counties.
		The Pennsylvania - Visitors Network® is proud to feature its PA Bed and Breakfast Association members here.
	pavisnet.com /washington (418 words)

	Washington County, Pennsylvania a Restaurant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The board approved rezoning a lot at Canal and Washington streets from open land to B-2 business, which allows for restaurants and a number of other businesses by right rather than variance.
		A seven-story condominium building may be added to the Towson skyline now that the Baltimore County Council has enacted legislation that would allow maximum use of the vacant Washington Avenue lot on which it would be built.
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	www.tapsore.com /county-15958/restaurants/washington.htm (724 words)

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