Washington is a state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 in the Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...

 region of the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, and is named after George Washington

George Washington

George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

, the first President of the United States

President of the United States

The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

 (it is the only U.S. state named after a president). Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory

Washington Territory

The Territory of Washington was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 8, 1853, until November 11, 1889, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Washington....

 which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty

Oregon Treaty

The Oregon Treaty is a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country, which had been jointly occupied by...

 as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute

Oregon boundary dispute

The Oregon boundary dispute, or the Oregon Question, arose as a result of competing British and American claims to the Pacific Northwest of North America in the first half of the 19th century. Both the United Kingdom and the United States had territorial and commercial aspirations in the region...

. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. In 2008, the Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...

 estimated the state's population at 6,549,224 people. Washington is often called Washington State or the State of Washington to distinguish it from Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. State of Washington:

General reference

• Names
  • Common name: Washington
    Washington
    Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located north of Oregon, west of Idaho and south of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by...
    
    
    • Pronunciation: ˈwɒʃɪŋtən
  • Official name: State of Washington
  • Abbreviations and name codes
    • Postal symbol: WA
    • ISO 3166-2 code: US-WA
    • Internet
      Internet
      The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
      
       second-level domain
      Second-level domain
      In the Domain Name System hierarchy, a second-level domain is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain . For example, in example.com, example is the second-level domain of the .com TLD....
      
      : .wa.us
  • Nicknames
    • Evergreen State (currently used on license plates
      Vehicle registration plates of Washington
      The U.S. state of Washington first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1916.-Passenger baseplates 1987 to present:-External links:*...
      
      )
    • Apple State
• Adjectival: Washington
• Demonym: Washingtonian

Geography of Washington

Main article: Geography of Washington

• Washington is: a U.S. state
  U.S. state
  A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
  
  , a federal state of the United States of America
• Location
  • Northern hemisphere
    Northern Hemisphere
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  • Western hemisphere
    Western Hemisphere
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    • Americas
      Americas
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      • North America
        North America
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        • Anglo America
        • Northern America
          Northern America
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          • United States of America
            • Contiguous United States
              Contiguous United States
              The contiguous United States are the 48 U.S. states on the continent of North America that are south of Canada and north of Mexico, plus the District of Columbia....
              
              
              • Canadian border
              • Western United States
                Western United States
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                • West Coast of the United States
                  West Coast of the United States
                  West Coast or Pacific Coast are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. The term most often refers to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. Although not part of the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean but can't be included in...
                  
                  
                • Northwestern United States
                  Northwestern United States
                  The Northwestern United States comprise the northwestern states up to the western Great Plains regions of the United States, and consistently include the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, to which part of southeast Alaska is also sometimes included...
                  
                  
          • Pacific Northwest
            Pacific Northwest
            The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
            
            
• Population of Washington: 6,724,540 (2010 U.S. Census)
• Area of Washington:
• Atlas of Washington

Places in Washington

• Historic places in Washington
  • Abandoned communities in Washington
    • Ghost towns in Washington
  • National Historic Landmarks in Washington
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington
    • Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington
• National Natural Landmarks in Washington
• National parks in Washington
• State parks in Washington

Environment of Washington

• Climate of Washington
  • Climate change in Washington
    Climate change in Washington
    Climate change in the American state of Washington is a subject of study and projection today.-Expected outcomes:Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Washington State summarized impacts on forest fires, public health, agriculture, municipal water supply, sea level rise and fisheries...
    
    
• Geology of Washington
• Protected areas in Washington
  • State forests of Washington
  • National Wildlife Refuges in Washington
• Superfund sites in Washington
• Wildlife of Washington
  • Fauna of Washington
    • Birds of Washington

Natural geographic features of Washington

• Lakes of Washington
• Mountains of Washington
  • Highest mountain peaks in Washington State
• Rivers of Washington

Regions of Washington

• Cascade Range
  Cascade Range
  The Cascade Range is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as the North Cascades, and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades...
  
  
• Central Washington
  Central Washington
  Central Washington is a region of the United States defined as the western half of Eastern Washington, or those counties lying east of the Cascade Mountains but west of the 119th meridian west....
  
  
• Columbia Gorge
  Columbia River Gorge
  The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to deep, the canyon stretches for over as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range forming the boundary between the State of Washington to the north and Oregon to the south...
  
  
• Columbia Plateau
  Columbia River Plateau
  The Columbia Plateau is a geologic and geographic region that lies across parts of the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. It is a wide flood basalt plateau between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, cut through by the Columbia River...
  
  
• Columbia River
  Columbia River
  The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state...
  
  
• Eastern Washington
  Eastern Washington
  Eastern Washington is the portion of the U.S. state of Washington east of the Cascade Range. The region contains the city of Spokane , the Tri-Cities, the Columbia River and the Grand Coulee Dam, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and the fertile farmlands of the Yakima Valley and the...
  
  
• Inland Empire
  Inland Empire (Pacific Northwest)
  thumb|The Inland Empire regionThe Inland Northwest, or Inland Empire, is a region in the Pacific Northwest centered on Spokane, Washington, including the surrounding Columbia River basin and all of North Idaho....
  
  
• Kitsap Peninsula
  Kitsap Peninsula
  The Kitsap Peninsula is an arm of land that is part of the larger Olympic Peninsula in Washington state that lies west of Seattle across Puget Sound. Hood Canal separates Kitsap Peninsula from the rest of the Olympic Peninsula...
  
  
• Long Beach Peninsula
  Long Beach Peninsula
  The Long Beach Peninsula is an arm of land in western Washington state. It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the south by the Columbia River, and the east by Willapa Bay...
  
  
• Okanogan Country
• Olympic Peninsula
  Olympic Peninsula
  The Olympic Peninsula is the large arm of land in western Washington state of the USA, that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle. It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the east by Puget Sound. Cape Alava, the westernmost point in the contiguous...
  
  
• Palouse
  Palouse
  The Palouse is a region of the northwestern United States, encompassing parts of southeastern Washington, north central Idaho and, in some definitions, extending south into northeast Oregon. It is a major agricultural area, primarily producing wheat and legumes...
  
  
• Puget Sound
  Puget Sound
  Puget Sound is a sound in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and one minor connection to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean — Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and...
  
  
• San Juan Islands
  San Juan Islands
  The San Juan Islands are an archipelago in the northwest corner of the contiguous United States between the US mainland and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The San Juan Islands are part of the U.S...
  
  
• Skagit Valley
  Skagit Valley
  The Skagit Valley lies in the northwestern corner of the state of Washington, USA. Its defining feature is the Skagit River, which snakes through local communities which include the seat of Skagit County, Mount Vernon, as well as Sedro-Woolley, Concrete, Lyman-Hamilton, and Burlington.The local...
  
  
• Western Washington
  Western Washington
  Western Washington is a region of the United States defined as that part of Washington west of the Cascade Mountains.It is known as being far wetter in climate than the eastern portion of the state, which...
  
  
• Yakima Valley
  Yakima River
  The Yakima River is a tributary of the Columbia River in south central and eastern Washington State, named for the indigenous Yakama people. The length of the river from headwaters to mouth is , with an average drop of .-Course:...
  
  

Administrative divisions of Washington

• The 39 Counties of the State of Washington
  • Municipalities in Washington
    • Cities in Washington
      • State capital of Washington: Olympia
      • Largest city in Washington: Seattle (24th-largest city in the United States)
      • City nicknames in Washington
    • Towns in Washington
    • Unincorporated communities in Washington
  • Census-designated places in Washington

Government and politics of Washington

Main article: Government of Washington and Washington (U.S. state)#Politics

• Elections in Washington
  Elections in Washington
  -External links:* at the Washington Secretary of State official website...
  
  
  • Electoral reform in Washington
    Electoral reform in Washington
    Electoral reform in Washington refers to efforts to change the voting laws in the U.S. State of Washington. In 2006, Pierce County's electorate adopted Amendment 3, voting to switch to instant-runoff voting, a voting system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. Part of the...
    
    
  • Washington initiatives to the people
• Political party strength in Washington
  Political party strength in Washington
  The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Washington:*Governor*Lieutenant Governor*Secretary of State*Attorney General*State Treasurer*State Auditor*Comptroller General*Commissioner of Public Lands...
  
  
• Washington initiatives to the legislasture
• Washington's Lottery
  Washington's Lottery
  Washington's Lottery is run by the government of Washington. Its games include Mega Millions, Powerball, Keno, Hit 5, and scratch games.-Games:Washington's Lottery offers several draw games, plus scratch ticket games...
  
  

Federal representation

• United States congressional delegations from Washington
  United States Congressional Delegations from Washington
  These are tables of congressional delegations from the state of Washington to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-Delegates from Washington Territory:-Members from Washington State:...
  
  
  • United States Senators from Washington
    • Patty Murray
      Patty Murray
      Patricia Lynn "Patty" Murray is the senior United States Senator from Washington and a member of the Democratic Party. Murray was first elected to the Senate in 1992, becoming Washington's first female senator...
      
      
    • Maria Cantwell
      Maria Cantwell
      Maria E. Cantwell is the junior United States Senator from the state of Washington and a member of the Democratic Party....
      
      
  • United States Representatives from Washington
• Congressional districts of Washington
  Congressional districts of Washington
  The following is a list of the nine districts in the U.S. state of Washington.-At Large:From the time that Washington Territory was formed in 1853, through statehood in 1889, Washington Territory elected an at-large non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives...
  
  

State government of Washington

• Form of government
  Form of government
  A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
  
  : U.S. state government
  State governments of the United States
  State governments in the United States are those republics formed by citizens in the jurisdiction thereof as provided by the United States Constitution; with the original 13 States forming the first Articles of Confederation, and later the aforementioned Constitution. Within the U.S...
  
  
• Washington State Capitol
  Washington State Capitol
  The Washington State Capitol or Legislative Building in Olympia is the home of the government of the state of Washington. It contains chambers for the Washington State Legislature and offices for the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and treasurer and is part of a campus consisting...
  
  

Executive branch of the government of Washington

• Governor of Washington
  • Lieutenant Governor of Washington
    Lieutenant Governor of Washington
    The Lieutenant Governor of Washington is an elected office in the U.S. state of Washington. The current incumbent is Brad Owen, a Democrat who has served since 1997...
    
    
  • Secretary of State of Washington
    Secretary of State of Washington
    The Secretary of State of Washington is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Washington. The duties of the office are specified in Article III, Section 17 of the Washington State Constitution and Chapter 43.07 of the Revised Code of Washington...
    
    
• State departments
  • Washington Department of Transportation

Legislative branch of the government of Washington

• Washington State Legislature
  Washington State Legislature
  The Washington State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a bipartisan, bicameral body, composed of the lower Washington House of Representatives, composed of 98 Representatives, and the upper Washington State Senate, with 49 Senators.The State Legislature...
  
   (bicameral)
  • Upper house
    Upper house
    An upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
    
    : Washington Senate
  • Lower house
    Lower house
    A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
    
    : Washington House of Representatives
    Washington House of Representatives
    The Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, the legislature of the U.S. State of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 districts, each of which elects two members. All members of the House are elected to a two-year term without...
    
    

Judicial branch of the government of Washington

• Supreme Court of Washington
  Washington Supreme Court
  The Washington Supreme Court is the highest court in the judiciary of the U.S. state of Washington. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and eight Justices. of the Court are elected to six-year terms...
  
  

Law and order in Washington

Law of Washington

• Capital punishment in Washington
  Capital punishment in Washington
  Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment in the U.S. state of Washington. A total of 110 executions have been carried out in the state and its predecessor territories since 1849. All but three were by hanging.-History:...
  
  
  • Individuals executed in Washington
• Constitution of Washington
• Gun laws in Washington
• Law enforcement in Washington
  • Law enforcement agencies in Washington
• Same-sex marriage in Washington
  Same-sex marriage in Washington
  Same-sex marriage is not recognized as marriage in Washington state. The Washington Supreme Court would have made Washington the second U.S. state to recognize these unions if it had decided differently in two cases that had been consolidated for appeal...
  
  

Military in Washington

• Washington Air National Guard
  Washington Air National Guard
  The Washington Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of Washington. It is, along with the Washington Army National Guard, an element of the Washington National Guard...
  
  
• Washington Army National Guard
  Washington Army National Guard
  The Washington Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the Washington National Guard based in Washington. The history of the Washington Army National Guard dates back to 1854 with formation of the Washington Territorial Militia...
  
  

History of Washington

History of Washington (U.S. state)

• Territorial evolution of Washington

History of Washington, by period

• Prehistory of Washington
  • Kennewick Man
    Kennewick Man
    Kennewick Man is the name for the skeletal remains of a prehistoric man found on a bank of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington, USA, on July 28, 1996...
    
    
  • Marmes Rockshelter
    Marmes Rockshelter
    The Marmes Rockshelter is an archaeological site first excavated in 1962, near the confluence of the Snake and Palouse Rivers, in Franklin County, southeastern Washington. This rockshelter is remarkable in the level of preservation of organic materials, the depth of stratified deposits, and the...
    
    
• Modern exploration of Washington, 1592–1818
  • Ioánnis Fokás may have explored the Strait of Juan de Fuca
    Strait of Juan de Fuca
    The Strait of Juan de Fuca is a large body of water about long that is the Salish Sea outlet to the Pacific Ocean...
    
    , 1592
  • Juan José Pérez Hernández's
    Juan José Pérez Hernández
    Juan José Pérez Hernández , often simply Juan Pérez, was an 18th century Spanish explorer. He was the first European to sight, examine, name, and record the islands near present-day British Columbia, Canada...
    
     northern voyage, 1774
  • Bruno de Heceta
    Bruno de Heceta
    Bruno de Heceta y Dudagoitia was a Spanish Basque explorer of the Pacific Northwest. Born in Bilbao of an old Basque family, he was sent by the Viceroy of New Spain, Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa, to explore the area north of Alta California in response to information that there were colonial...
    
     sights the mouth of the Columbia River
    Columbia River
    The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state...
    
    , 1775
  • Charles William Barkley
    Charles William Barkley
    Charles William Barkley was a ship captain and maritime fur trader. He was born in Hertford, England, son of Charles Barkley....
    
    , captain of the Imperial Eagle
    Imperial Eagle (ship)
    The Imperial Eagle was a 400 ton burthen British merchant ship that sailed on maritime fur trading ventures in the late 1780s. It was under the command of Captain Charles William Barkley until confiscated in India. The ship, Loudoun, was a decommissioned East Indiaman...
    
    , explores and names the Strait of Juan de Fuca
    Strait of Juan de Fuca
    The Strait of Juan de Fuca is a large body of water about long that is the Salish Sea outlet to the Pacific Ocean...
    
    , 1787
  • Robert Gray explores and names
    Gray sails the Columbia River
    In May of 1792, American merchant sea captain Robert Gray sailed into the Columbia River, becoming the first recorded European to navigate into it. The voyage, conducted on the Columbia Rediviva, a privately owned ship, was eventually used as a basis for the United States' claim on the Pacific...
    
     the Columbia River
    Columbia River
    The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state...
    
    , 1792
  • William Robert Broughton's
    William Robert Broughton
    William Robert Broughton was a British naval officer in the late 18th century. As a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, he commanded HMS Chatham as part of the Vancouver Expedition, a voyage of exploration through the Pacific Ocean led by Captain George Vancouver in the early 1790s.-With Vancouver:In...
    
     voyage to the Columbia River Gorge
    Columbia River Gorge
    The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to deep, the canyon stretches for over as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range forming the boundary between the State of Washington to the north and Oregon to the south...
    
    , 1792
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition
    Lewis and Clark Expedition
    The Lewis and Clark Expedition, or ″Corps of Discovery Expedition" was the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific Coast by the United States. Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson and led by two Virginia-born veterans of Indian wars in the Ohio Valley, Meriwether Lewis and William...
    
    , 1804–1806
  • David Thompson's
    David Thompson (explorer)
    David Thompson was an English-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer"...
    
     voyage on the Columbia River
    Columbia River
    The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state...
    
    , 1811–1812
• Oregon Country
  Oregon Country
  The Oregon Country was a predominantly American term referring to a disputed ownership region of the Pacific Northwest of North America. The region was occupied by British and French Canadian fur traders from before 1810, and American settlers from the mid-1830s, with its coastal areas north from...
  
  , 1818–1846
  • Anglo-American Convention of 1818
  • Fort Vancouver
    Fort Vancouver
    Fort Vancouver was a 19th century fur trading outpost along the Columbia River that served as the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company in the company's Columbia District...
    
    , 1824–1866
  • Provisional Government of Oregon
    Provisional Government of Oregon
    The Provisional Government of Oregon was a popularly elected government created in the Oregon Country, in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It existed from May 2, 1843 until March 3, 1849. Created at a time when no country had sovereignty over the region, this independent government...
    
    , 1843–1848
  • Oregon Treaty
    Oregon Treaty
    The Oregon Treaty is a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country, which had been jointly occupied by...
    
     of 1846
• Unorganized territory
  Unorganized territory
  An unorganized territory is a region of land without a "normally" constituted system of government. This does not mean that the territory has no government at all or that it is unclaimed territory...
  
   of the United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
  , 1846–1848
• Territory of Oregon, (1848–1853)-1859
• Territory of Washington, 1853–1889
  • Puget Sound War
    Puget Sound War
    The Puget Sound War was an armed conflict that took place in the Puget Sound area of the state of Washington in 1855–56, between the United States Military, local militias and members of the Native American tribes of the Nisqually, Muckleshoot, Puyallup, and Klickitat...
    
    , 1855–1856
  • Yakima War
    Yakima War
    The Yakima War was a conflict between the United States and the Yakama, a Sahaptian-speaking people on the Northwest Plateau, then Washington Territory and now the southern interior of Eastern Washington, from 1855 to 1858.- Naming :...
    
    , 1855–1858
  • Okanagan Trail
    Okanagan Trail
    The Okanagan Trail was an inland route to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush from the Lower Columbia region of the Washington and Oregon Territories in 1858-1859...
    
    , 1858–1859
  • Pig War
    Pig War
    The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the British Empire over the boundary between the US and British North America. The territory in dispute was the San Juan Islands, which lie between Vancouver Island and the North American mainland...
    
    , 1859
• State of Washington since November 11, 1889
  • World War II
    World War II
    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
    
    , 1939–1945
    • Japanese American internment
      Japanese American internment
      Japanese-American internment was the relocation and internment by the United States government in 1942 of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on...
      
      , 1942–1945
  • Mount Saint Helens eruption of 1980
    1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
    The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, a stratovolcano located in Washington state, in the United States, was a major volcanic eruption. The eruption was the only significant one to occur in the contiguous 48 U.S. states since the 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak in California...
    
    

Culture of Washington

Culture of Washington

• Museums in Washington
• Religion in Washington
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington
    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington
    As of year-end 2007, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 253,166 members in 54 stakes, 495 Congregations , 5 missions, and 3 temples in Washington.-History:A brief history can be found at...
    
    
  • Episcopal Diocese of Washington
    Episcopal Diocese of Washington
    The Episcopal Diocese of Washington is the ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Episcopal Bishop of Washington in the United States. The territory comprises the District of Columbia and the Maryland counties of Charles, St. Mary's, Prince George's and Montgomery...
    
    
• Scouting in Washington
  Scouting in Washington
  Scouting in Washington has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live.-Early history :...
  
  
• State symbols of Washington
  • Flag of the State of Washington  
  • Seal of the State of Washington 

Economy and infrastructure of Washington

Economy of Washington

• Communications in Washington
  • Newspapers in Washington
  • Radio stations in Washington
  • Television stations in Washington
• Energy in Washington
  • Wind power in Washington
    Wind power in Washington
    A number of wind power projects are under way in the U.S. state of Washington.-Potential capacity and legislative actions:Washington's wind facts are as follows:* Power Capacity - Existing projects : 1,914.48...
    
    
  • Skagit River Hydroelectric Project
    Skagit River Hydroelectric Project
    The Skagit River Hydroelectric Project is a series of dams with hydroelectric power-generating stations on the Skagit River in northern Washington State. The project is owned and operated by Seattle City Light to provide electric power for the City of Seattle and surrounding communities...
    
    
• Health care in Washington
  • Hospitals in Washington
• Mountain recreation economy of Washington
• Transportation in Washington
  • Airports in Washington
  • Ferries in Washington
    Ferries in Washington State
    Washington is home to a number of public and private ferry systems, most notably the state-run Washington State Ferries.-History:Due to Washington's unique topography, featuring large, deep bodies of water with many peninsulas and islands, ferries are a natural means of connecting communities in...
    
    
  • Rail transport in Washington
    • Railroads in Washington
  • Roads in Washington
    • Interstate Highways in Washington
    • State highways in Washington
      State highways in Washington
      In the U.S. state of Washington, the Washington State Department of Transportation maintains a network of over 7000 miles of state highways, including all Interstate and U.S. Highways that pass through the state. The system comprises 8.5% of the state's public road mileage, but carries over half...
      
      

Education in Washington

Education in Washington

• Schools in Washington
  • School districts in Washington
    • High schools in Washington
  • Colleges and universities in Washington
    • University of Washington
      University of Washington
      University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
      
      
    • Washington State University
      Washington State University
      Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...
      
      

See also

• Outline of geography
  Outline of geography
  The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
  
  
  • Outline of the United States
    • Index of Washington-related articles

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