This is a list of memorials to George Washington, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and first president of the United States.
Federal holiday Washington's Birthday has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1879.
States, counties, and townships
One state, 31 counties, and 241 civil townships in the United States are named for George Washington. PlaceTypeWashington stateWashington County 30 countiesWashington Parish, Louisiana county equivalentWashington Township, Arkansas 11 townshipsWashington Township, North Dakota townshipWashington Township, South Dakota 3 townshipsWashington Township, Illinois 3 townshipsWashington Township, Michigan 3 townshipsWashington Township, Nebraska 4 townshipsWashington Township, New Jersey 5 townshipsWashington Township, Ohio 43 townshipsTown of Washington, Wisconsin 7 township equivalentsTown of Port Washington, Wisconsin township equivalentLake Washington Township, North Dakota township
Municipalities and inhabited areas
PlaceStateTypeWashington, D.C. N/A capital city and federal districtWashington Arkansas cityWashington Georgia cityWashington Illinois cityWashington Indiana cityWashington Iowa cityWashington Kansas cityWashington Missouri cityWashington North Carolina cityWashington Pennsylvania cityWashington Utah cityWashington Connecticut townWashington Louisiana townWashington Maine townWashington Massachusetts townWashington New Hampshire townWashington New York townPort Washington New York CDPWashington Oklahoma townWashington Vermont townWashington Virginia townWashington Kentucky villageWashington Nebraska villageWashington New Jersey boroughWashington Mississippi unincorporated communityWashington Wisconsin unincorporated communityWashington West Virginia CDPPort Washington Wisconsin cityFort Washington Pennsylvania cityNorth Washington Iowa cityWashington Court House Ohio cityWashington Terrace Utah cityMount Washington Kentucky cityMount Washington Massachusetts townWashington Grove Maryland townWashington Park North Carolina townWashington Park Illinois villagePort Washington North New York villageLittle Washington Virginia villagePort Washington Ohio villageOld Washington Ohio villageNew Washington Ohio villageWashingtonville Ohio villageWashingtonville New York villageWashingtonville Pennsylvania boroughNew Washington Pennsylvania boroughEast Washington Pennsylvania boroughWashington Valley New Jersey unincorporated communityWashington Crossing New Jersey unincorporated communityWashington Crossing Pennsylvania unincorporated communityWashington-on-the-Brazos Texas unincorporated communityWashington Mills Iowa unincorporated communityWashington Prairie Iowa unincorporated communityFort Washington Maryland CDPFort Washington California CDPNew Washington Indiana CDPGeorge Washington cityGeorgetown Kentucky CDP
Institutions George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland Washington High School (disambiguation), several institutions Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri
Forts Fort Washington, New York. A fortified position near the north end of Manhattan Island during the American Revolutionary War Fort Washington, Ohio. A frontier outpost at Cincinnati Fort Washington, Massachusetts. A still-extant earthworks fortification in Cambridge, Massachusetts from the 1775–1776 Siege of Boston Fort Washington, Maryland Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Headquarters during the December 5–8, 1777 Battle of White Marsh. Now a state park.
Estates Washington Place, Honolulu, private residence of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
Geological features Lake Washington Mount Washington Washington Peak Washington Park Washington Heights Washington Island (Wisconsin)
Species Palm genus Washingtonia
Parks Washington's Crossing, National Historic Landmark Washington Crossing State Park, New Jersey Washington Crossing Historic Park, Pennsylvania Washington Park, Florida Washington Park, Illinois Washington Park, North Carolina Washington Place (Baltimore) – part of a set of four matching squares/parks around the circle of the Washington Monument. Washington Place are the two squares/parks along Charles Street's north–south axis, and the intersecting other squares/parks are along East and West Monument Street, also known as Mount Vernon Place on the east–west axis, in the north Baltimore neighborhood of Mount Vernon. Washington Square Park, New York City Washington Square Park, Philadelphia Washington Square (Salt Lake City)
Neighborhoods Mount Washington, Baltimore Washington Heights, Chicago Washington Heights, Manhattan Washington's Landing, Pittsburgh Washington Park, Atlanta Washington Square West, Philadelphia Washington Terrace, St. Louis Washington-Wheatley, Kansas City
Transportation George Washington Bridge, crossing the Hudson River between New Jersey to New York George Washington Memorial Parkway in Washington, D.C., maintained by the U.S. National Park Service Washington Bridge, across the Harlem River in New York City Washington Bridge (Providence) in Providence, Rhode Island Washington Crossing Bridge, across the Delaware River Washington Crossing Bridge (Pittsburgh), in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Washington Circle in the District of Columbia Washington Avenue (disambiguation), several streets
Monuments United States Washington, D.C. Copy () after Bust of George Washington by Giuseppe Ceracchi (1795), White House. Enthroned Washington (1840), by Horatio Greenough, for the United States Capitol. Now in the National Museum of American History. Washington Resigning His Commission (), by Ferdinand Pettrich, Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington Monument (1848–84), Robert Mills, architect, National Mall. The best-known monument to Washington. Equestrian statue of George Washington (1860), by Clark Mills, Washington Circle The George Washington University (1904). Founded as Columbian College (1821), the name was changed in agreement with the George Washington Memorial Association (1904). Statues in University Yard and elsewhere on main campus. Copy (1909) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), United States Capitol rotunda Copy (1932) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), George Washington University Copy after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Larz Anderson House Copy after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), inside the Washington Monument George Washington (1934–65), by Lee Lawrie, Washington National Cathedral Stained glass window of George Washington at Prayer (1954–55), Congressional Prayer Room, United States Capitol George Washington on Horseback (1959), by Herbert Haseltine, Washington National Cathedral Bust of George Washington (1975), by Avard Fairbanks, George Washington University
California Washington Tree, Sequoia National Park. Second-tallest tree in the world, prior to a 2003 lightning strike and 2005 collapse. Washington Square Park, San Francisco (1847) George Washington (1870s), by Thomas Ball, Washington Monument, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles Copy (1933) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Civic Center, Los Angeles George Washington High School, San Francisco (1936) The school contains a copy of Houdon's George Washington. Its 13 "Life of Washington" murals (1936) by Victor Arnautoff are threatened with removal, as of Summer 2019.Weiss, Bari. "San Francisco Will Spend $600,000 to Erase History" , The New York Times, June 28, 2019.
Colorado Washington Park, Denver (1899)
Connecticut George Washington as Master Mason (1959, this cast 1965), by Donald De Lue, Masonicare Health Center, Wallingford Washington College, founded in Hartford in 1823 (later changed its name to Trinity College
Georgia George Washington National Highway, begins in Savannah, Georgia and ends in Seattle, Washington George Washington – "Iron George" (circa 1841), by Alonzo Blanchard, Stone Mountain Park, Stone Mountain Washington Park, Atlanta (1919). The first non-segregated public park in the city.
Illinois Washington Square Park, Chicago (1842) Washington Park, Chicago (1880) Washington Park, Springfield (1901) Equestrian statue of George Washington (1900–1904), by Daniel Chester French and Edward Clark Potter, Washington Park, Chicago. A replica of French & Potter's statue in Paris, France. Copy (1917) of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Chicago City Hall, Chicago George Washington – Robert Morris – Haym Salomon Monument (1936–41), by Lorado Taft, Heald Square, Chicago Bust of George Washington by Avard Fairbanks, in downtown Peoria, gift of George Washington University on the occasion of the Creve Coeur Club of Peoria's 100th George Washington Banquet
Indiana George Washington (ca. 1955), by L. Frizzi, Washington Park Cemetery, Indianapolis George Washington as Master Mason (1959, this cast 1986), by Donald De Lue, Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis
Iowa Washington Park, Dubuque (1857)
Louisiana Washington Oak, Audubon Park, New Orleans George Washington as Master Mason (1959), by Donald De Lue, Main Branch, New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans. Replicas are in Flushing, Queens, New York City (1964), Wallingford, Connecticut (1965), Alexandria, Virginia (1966), Detroit, Michigan (1966), Lexington, Massachusetts (1979), Lansing, Michigan (1982), and Indianapolis, Indiana (1987).Washington by Donald De Lue from SIRIS.
Maine Washington Academy, a boarding school in East Machias, founded in 1792
Maryland Washington College, Chestertown. Chartered in 1782 as the College at Chester, it was renamed for Washington by 1783. Washington Monument (1815–29), Robert Mills, architect, Enrico Causici, sculptor, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore Washington Monument (1827), Washington Monument State Park, Boonsboro. The first completed monument to Washington. George Washington (1857), by Edward Sheffield Bartholomew, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore George Washington (1947), by Lee Lawrie, Washington College, Chestertown. A bronze version of Lawrie's marble statue at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
Massachusetts George Washington (1826), by Sir Francis Chantrey, Massachusetts State House, Boston George Washington (1869), by Thomas Ball, Public Garden, Boston George Washington (1878), by John Quincy Adams Ward, Bartlet Mall, Newburyport Copy (ca. 1910) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Forest Park, Springfield George Washington Memorial Highway (1932), Waltham to West Springfield George Washington as Master Mason (1959, this cast 1979), by Donald De Lue, National Heritage Museum, Lexington Copy after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), National Heritage Museum, Lexington
Michigan George Washington as Master Mason (1959, this cast 1966), by Donald De Lue, Old Mariners Church, Detroit George Washington as Master Mason (1959, this cast 1982), by Donald De Lue, Elliott-Larsen Building, Lansing George Washington (2003), by Anthony Frudakis, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale Bust of George Washington, George Washington Masons Memorial, Michigan Memorial Garden Cemetery, Flat Rock
Minnesota Foshay Tower (1929), Minneapolis Copy (1931) after George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Fair Oaks Park, Minneapolis (Toppled November 2020) George Washington (1937), by John K. Daniels, Mower County Courthouse, Austin
Missouri Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis. Chartered as Eliot Seminary in 1853, it was renamed Washington Institute in 1854, renamed Washington University in 1856, and renamed Washington University in St. Louis in 1976 Copy (1856) of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1791), Lafayette Park, St. Louis Washington Terrace (St. Louis), a gated community founded about 1892