The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 708 to 777 (+10%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Washington yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Washington’s history is told.
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Washington, decade by decade
Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
8 historic places in Washington
8 places in Washington are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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In Wisconsinby listings · most towns there have none
8places listed3 buildings · 2 districts · 3 other
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
19historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1972first listedRock Island Historic District · newest: GRAPE SHOT (schooner) Shipwreck, 2016
Where they are
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BuildingsDistrictsSitesStructures
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966. Washington’s busiest decade was the 1980s.
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Listed 1972Rock Island Historic DistrictListed 1979Pottawatomie LighthouseListed 1983Pilot Island LightListed 1984Plum Island Range Rear LightListed 1985Thordarson Estate Historic DistrictListed 1985Water TowerListed 2010Plum island Life-Saving and Light StationListed 2016GRAPE SHOT (schooner) Shipwreck
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.