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 DeKalb County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 1,798.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,844 to 1,798 (-2%). Half of its homes were built before 1974.
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+10Washington, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Washington Mo. looking south (1908) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (7). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.