The New International Encyclopædia/Washington (Indiana)

WASHINGTON. The county-seat of Daviess County, Ind., 85 miles southwest of Indianapolis, on the Evansville and Terre Haute and the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroads (Map: Indiana, B 4). It is the commercial centre of a farming and stock-raising region, especially noted for its deposits of coal, kaolin, and fire clay, and manufactures lumber, flour, brick, tiling, underwear, and veneering. The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad also maintains repair and construction shops here. There is a public library. The city owns the electric light plant. Population, in 1890, 6064; in 1900, 8551.