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Washington is a city in south central Washington County, Utah, and part of the St. George metropolitan area, and the city administration has encouraged the use of the name Washington City in recent years.

Washington had a population of 27,993 at the 2020 census, with 9,437 households, making it the second-largest city in Washington County and a fast-growing suburb of St. George.

Washington was settled in 1857 and named for U.S. President George Washington, and its population grew from 8,186 in 2000 to 18,761 in 2010 and 27,993 in 2020.

Washington grew out of a cotton mission: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sent 28 families, led by former Mississippi cotton plantation owner Robert Dockery Covington, to attempt to grow cotton, which was milled at the cotton mill in Washington.

The area is known as Utah's Dixie because the Mormon pioneers who settled the St. George area came to raise cotton, and Dixie was a nickname for the southeastern states.

Washington covers about 34.78 square miles, all land, at an elevation of about 2,894 feet, and its ZIP code is 84780.

Washington's schools, all in the Washington County School District, include Coral Canyon, Horizon, Majestic Fields, Riverside, and Washington elementary schools, Washington Fields Intermediate School, and Crimson Cliffs Middle and High Schools.

Washington is home to the Washington City Museum, housed in the former Washington School building, and the city is governed by a five-member city council with a city manager running day-to-day operations.