Washington County's ' leader ' is known as the County Administrator.

However, Washington County's County Commissioners exercise executive powers as they exist in the government of the county.

From 2000 to 2007, Washington County's population growth was 14. 8 %, twice the national average.

King County's Port of Seattle was established as the first Port District in Washington State.

Fauquier County's county seat is Warrenton, and the county is a part of the Washington Metropolitan Area.

Washington County's southern and eastern boundary is the Ohio River.

The state legislature subsequently passed an act on December 10, 1807 that created four new counties from Baldwin County's 1806 borders and expanded Baldwin to the east with land from Hancock and Washington counties.

Until February 9, 1887, Weld County's boundaries included the area now comprising Weld County, Washington County, Logan County, Morgan County, Yuma County, Phillips County, and Sedgwick County.

A small part of the north town line is Rensselaer County's border with Washington County, New York.

Gray's only high school, Daniel Boone High School, teaches nearly half of Washington County's high school children.

The community of Lynwood is located in Fayette County's Washington Township, while Pricedale is part of Westmoreland County's Rostraver Township.

He served as Washington County's Sheriff from 1804 to 1806.

Congressman-elect Shaw was on his way to Washington to represent Broward County's 15th Congressional district.

Snohomish County's Community Transit also runs bus routes to Downtown Seattle and the University of Washington.

( Similarly, part of Ohio County's claim are now in Washington and Greene Counties in Pennsylvania, and part of what had been considered Monongalia County are in Washington, Greene, and Fayette Counties, Pennsylvania.

Arlington County's Bluemont Junction Trail now travels on the connecting line's former right-of-way from Washington Boulevard to meet the W & OD Trail near Bluemont Junction.

It continues along the hillside of Black Mountain, Washington County's highest peak, as it meanders north on the narrowing isthmus between Lakes Champlain and George.

* Gary Locke-noteworthy Chinese American politician, U. S. Secretary of Commerce under President Obama, Governor of the State of Washington ( 1996 – 2003 ), King County's County Executive ( from 1993 ), chairman of the Appropriations Committee in the Washington House of Representatives ( from 1982 ).

On 19 June 1861, Captain John Q. Winfield wrote from his encampment at Hanging Rocks: Captain Winfield's letter illustrated Hanging Rocks ' proximity to some of Hampshire County's wealthiest families and their plantations including George William Washington and his son Robert M. Washington's Ridgedale, Colonel Isaac Parsons ' Wappocomo, the Vance family's Ashbrook, and the Parsons and Inskeep families ' The Rocks.

Today, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra is widely recognized as one of Washington County's most valuable assets — a jewel that continues to shine brightly for music lovers everywhere.

Indeed, in 2007, when U. S. News and World Report ranked Occidental College the 36th best liberal arts college in the country, tied with Bard College in New York and Whitman College in Washington, the magazine cited both ethnic and economic diversity as key achievements.

Former Masonic Temple ( Alderwood Manor, Washington ) | Masonic Temple built in 1919 still stands today near 36th Ave W and 196th St Sw in Lynnwood.

Former Masonic Temple ( Alderwood Manor, Washington ) | Masonic Temple built in 1919 still stands today near 36th Ave W and 196th St Sw in Lynnwood.

In a possible signal that he hopes to defuse or avoid some of the heated politics of the issue, President Obama in his rescinding of the policy on Friday, January 23, had chosen not to act the previous day, the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision and the day of the large March for Life in Washington.

The Troll is a mixed media colossal statue, located on N. 36th Street at Troll Avenue N., under the north end of the George Washington Memorial Bridge ( also known as the Aurora Bridge ).

Eikenberry was a 3-term elected member of the Washington State House of Representatives, 36th District, from 1971 through 1976.

introduction of the `` dialogue '' principle proved strikingly effective at the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Catholic Association for International Peace in Washington the last weekend in October.

Martin, who has been in office in Washington, D. C., for 13 months spoke at the council's annual meeting at the Multnomah Hotel.

" That same year, then-U. S. President Gerald Ford acknowledged the stature of the comic strip, telling the Radio and Television Correspondents ’ Association at their annual dinner, " There are only three major vehicles to keep us informed as to what is going on in Washington: the electronic media, the print media, and Doonesbury, not necessarily in that order.

The first annual conference ( referred to as the International Labour Conference, or ILC ) began on 29 October 1919 at the Pan American Union ( building ) in Washington, D. C. and adopted the first six International Labour Conventions, which dealt with hours of work in industry, unemployment, maternity protection, night work for women, minimum age and night work for young persons in industry.

In January 1790 President Washington, in his first annual message to Congress stated that, " Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I am persuaded, be duly attended to ", and ordered Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson to prepare a plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States, afterwards referred to as the Jefferson report.

* 11: 08 AM The World Bank and IMF cancel the annual meeting scheduled for September 29 and 30th at Washington D. C.

The Kelso, Washington Chamber of Commerce, located along the Columbia River in the Northwestern United States, dubbed itself the " Smelt Capital of the World " in 1956, and held a festival for the annual smelt run, until the runs dried.

Learning of Woodhull's planned address, suffrage leaders postponed the opening of the 1871 National Woman Suffrage Association's third annual convention in Washington in order to attend the committee hearing.

George Washington delivered the first regular annual message before a joint session of Congress on January 8, 1790 in New York City, then the provisional U. S. capital.

Some cities or counties also have an annual State of the City Address given by the mayor, county commissioner or board chair, including Sonoma County, California ; Orlando, Florida ; Cincinnati, Ohio ; Parma, Ohio ; Detroit, Michigan ; Seattle, Washington ; Birmingham, Alabama ; Boston, Massachusetts ; Los Angeles, California ; Buffalo, New York ; Rochester, New York ; San Antonio, Texas ; McAllen, Texas ; and San Diego, California.

Many state legislators meet every year at the annual meeting, and other meetings, of the National Conference of State Legislatures, which is headquartered in Denver, Colorado and has a lobbying office in Washington, D. C.

Most are funded by the Washington University Student Union, which has a $ 2 million plus annual budget that is completely student controlled and is one of the largest student government budgets in the country.

The annual Congressional Juneteenth Reception, hosted by members of Congress at the U. S. Capitol, was established as a part of the Washington Juneteenth National Holiday Observance.

The annual National Day of Reconciliation and Healing from the Legacy of Enslavement and the National Juneteenth Black Holocaust " Maafa " Memorial Service were included in the Washington Juneteenth National Holiday Observance.

Music Festival, an annual summer music festival held at the Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington

* Spokane, Washington, known as the " Lilac City ", which holds an annual lilac festival and lilac parade.

In February 2005, he gave the fourth annual Kissinger Lecture on Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress, Washington DC on " Dependency and Development in Latin America.

Huey Lewis and the News performed at the 28th annual presentation of A Capitol Fourth in Washington, D. C., on Friday, July 4, 2008.

* Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, an annual one-and two-day supported bicycle ride from Seattle, Washington to Portland, Oregon

* The annual G7 meeting begins the weekend of the 2002 IMF / World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D. C .. 649 protesters from the alternative globalization movement are arrested.

In 1898, F. D. Powers -- a minister at the Vermont Avenue Christian Church ( today the National City Christian Church ), a congregation of the Disciples of Christ in Washington, D. C. -- was serving as president of the annual convention of Washington-area Disciples when he suggested that a Christian meeting place be established on the Atlantic coast of the United States.

Temple Terrace was originally only occupied during " The Season " ( which lasted roughly from December to the annual Washington Ball held at the clubhouse on February 22 ).

Washington holds the annual Festival du Courtableau, now renamed the Washington Catfish Festival.