Washington was named after President George Washington by an act of the United States Congress during the creation of Washington Territory in 1853; the territory was to be named "Columbia", for the Columbia Riverand

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Early history
The 9,300-year-old skeletal remains of Kennewick Man, one of the oldest and most complete human remains found in North America, were discovered in Washington in the 1990s. The area has been known to host

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Washington is the northwesternmost state of the contiguous United States. It borders Idaho to the east, bounded mostly by the meridian running north from the confluence of the Snake River and Clearwater River(about 117°02'23" west), except for the

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Washington has a relatively strong economy, with a total gross state productof $612,996.5 million in 2019, placing it 5th in the nation and growing by 6.5 percent per year—the

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Washington's state transportation system comprises several modes that are maintained by various government entities. The state highway system, called State Routes,

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Hanford Nuclear Reservation is currently the most contaminated nuclear site in the United States and is the focus of the nation's largest environmental cleanup. The radioactive materials

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Population
Washington's population was 7,705,281 in the 2020 census, a 14.6 percent increase since the 2010 census. In 2018, the state ranked 13th overall in

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