Washington County, Wisconsin

Washington County
Washington County
County
	Old Washington County courthouse
	Location within the U.S. state of Wisconsin
	Wisconsin's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 43°22′N 88°14′W / 43.37°N 88.23°W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
Founded	1836
Named for	George Washington
Seat	West Bend
Largest city	West Bend
Government
• County Executive	Josh Schoemann
Area
• Total	436 sq mi (1,130 km2)
• Land	431 sq mi (1,120 km2)
• Water	5.0 sq mi (13 km2) 1.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	136,761
• Density	317.6/sq mi (122.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	5th
Website	www.washcowisco.gov

Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 136,761.^[1] Its county seat is West Bend.^[2] The county was created from Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and organized in 1845.^[3] It was named after President George Washington.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference 2020-census-55131 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Wisconsin: Individual County Chronologies". Wisconsin Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2007. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
^ "Winnebago Took Its Name from an Indian Tribe". The Post-Crescent. December 28, 1963. p. 14. Retrieved August 25, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.