Washington County, Texas

Washington County
Washington County
County
	The Washington County Courthouse in Brenham
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 30°13′N 96°25′W / 30.21°N 96.41°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1837
Named for	George Washington
Seat	Brenham
Largest city	Brenham
Area
• Total	622 sq mi (1,610 km2)
• Land	604 sq mi (1,560 km2)
• Water	18 sq mi (50 km2) 2.9%
Population (2020)
• Total	35,805
• Density	58/sq mi (22/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	10th
Website	www.co.washington.tx.us

Washington County is a county in Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,805.^[1] Its county seat is Brenham, which is located along U.S. Highway 290, 72 miles northwest of Houston.^[2] The county was created in 1835 as a municipality of Mexico and organized as a county in 1837.^[3]^[4] It is named for George Washington, the first president of the United States.

Washington County comprises the Brenham, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Houston-The Woodlands, TX Combined Statistical Area.

Washington-on-the-Brazos in the county is notable as the site of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence during the Convention of 1836. Reflecting the county's history as a destination of mid-19th-century German immigrants who came after the 1848 German revolutions, in the 2000 US Census, more than one third of residents identified as being of German ancestry.