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{{short description|Village in Washington County, Nebraska, United States}}
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|official_name = Washington, Nebraska
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|area_code = [[Area code 402|402]]
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'''Washington''' is a village in [[Washington County, Nebraska|Washington County]], [[Nebraska]], United States. The population was 150129 at the [[2020 United States Census, 2010census|20102020 census]].
 
==History==
Washington was [[plat]]ted in 1887 when the [[Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/washington/washington/ | title=Washington, Washington County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | access-date=24 August 24, 2014}}</ref> It was named from Washington County.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA136|year=1908|page=136}}</ref> Washington was incorporated as a village in 1915.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Buss|first1=William Henry|last2=Osterman|first2=Thomas T.|title=History of Dodge and Washington Counties, Nebraska, and Their People|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofdodgewa01buss|year=1921|publisher=American Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofdodgewa01buss/page/451 451]}}</ref>
 
==Geography==
WashingtonAccording isto locatedthe at[[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{coordconvert|410.21|23sqmi|49sqkm|N|96|12|32|W|type:city2}} (41.396927, -96.208986)all land.<ref name ="GR1Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/www/gazetteer-/files/Gaz_places_national.htmltxt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=USJune Gazetteer files: 201024, 2000, and 19902012}}</ref>
 
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.21|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name ="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-06-24}}</ref>
 
==Demographics==
{{US Census population|align=left
|1920= 117
|1930= 76
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===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-06-June 24, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 150 people, 55 households, and 42 families living in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|714.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 55 housing units at an average density of {{convert|261.9|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 98.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], and 0.7% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]].
 
There were 55 households, of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 1.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 23.6% were non-families. 20.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.14.
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As of 2000 the median income for a household in the village was $50,000, and the median income for a family was $55,000. Males had a median income of $38,125 versus $28,125 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $19,784. None of the population and none of the families were below the [[poverty line]].
 
==See also==
{{portal|Nebraska}}
* [[List of municipalities in Nebraska]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Washington, Nebraska}}
 
{{Washington County, Nebraska}}
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