A history of Washington,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Washington from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusWashington Township is a township in Daviess County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 149.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 141 to 149 (+6%). Half of its homes were built before 1996.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Washington yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Washington’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWashington Mo. looking south, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Washington
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Washington, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Washington is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Washington has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, 11.8 miles away.
Washington and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Washington Mo. looking west (1908) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.