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Washington is a city in southwestern Pennsylvania and the county seat of Washington County, and it is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

Washington is nicknamed 'Little Washington' - and sometimes 'Washpa' - to distinguish it from Washington, D.C.

The area was first settled around 1768 and was known as Catfish Camp; the French had called it 'Wissameking,' meaning 'catfish place,' as early as 1757.

David Hoge laid out the town in 1781, the same year Washington County was created, and lots in the original plan were presented to General George Washington and his wife - even though Washington himself never visited the area.

Washington was the center of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791, one of the first open rebellions against the new United States government, and the home of rebellion leader David Bradford on South Main Street is now a museum devoted to the rebellion.

Washington was incorporated as a borough on February 13, 1810, and became a third-class city in 1924.

The discovery of oil and natural gas in the Washington oil field fueled a boom from the 1880s to the early 1900s, and the city's population peaked at 26,280 in 1950.

Washington had a population of 13,176 in the 2020 census, down from 13,663 in 2010.

In the 2000 census, Washington's 15,268 residents lived in 6,259 households, with an average household size of just 2.20 people.

Washington is home to Washington & Jefferson College, a private liberal arts college of about 1,500 students formed in 1865 by the merger of Washington College and Jefferson College of Canonsburg; its 60-acre downtown campus has more than 40 buildings, the oldest dating to 1793.