AREA HISTORY:  The Township of Washington, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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THE TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON – Page 672

The name of this township is very familiar.  It has been given to one territory 
in the United States, thirty counties, the capitol city, twenty-one post 
villages, and one hundred and thirty-one townships.  The cause and signification 
of this is familiar to every one.

For sixty years, the area now included in Washington was embraced in Warrington.  
In 1803, a petition was presented to the York court, asking for the formation of 
a new township which was granted, and the present historic name given it.