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Cotton-mill history and room to grow, just east of St. George.
Washington was settled in April 1857 by colonists sent to grow cotton, and the city is named for the first president. Its Cotton Factory, begun in 1866 and enlarged in 1870, is on the National Register of Historic Places, and the city keeps other sites in its parks: the Old School museum, the Covington home, Adair Spring and the granary. It is now Washington County’s second-largest city, with 27,993 residents in 2020.
Interstate 15 runs through the city, with interchanges at Green Spring Drive and Washington Parkway. The city plans for growth: in 2018 it annexed more than 1,500 acres at Long Valley for master-planned development, about 1.5 miles from St. George Regional Airport. SunTran buses link Washington with St. George, Hurricane and the Zion corridor, and UDOT’s I-15 widening plan includes a new interchange at Main Street.
Washington lies at about 2,700 feet, east of St. George, where the first settlers built their cotton factory on Mill Creek. Green Spring Golf Course looks to the Pine Valley Mountains. Long Valley, annexed in 2018, lies between Washington Dome and Warner Ridge, and the Bureau of Land Management holds 753 acres inside the annexation zone, so public land sits inside the new boundary.
The Cotton Factory, the Old School museum and the Covington home mark the historic center; the newer ground is master-planned, including Long Valley, the 1,500-acre annexation of 2018. The city’s own description is a suburban-rural mix. Housing type, lot size, HOA terms and water service vary by neighborhood. Nightly-rental rules differ by town and zone, so ask before you assume.
The Washington City Community Center holds an aquatic center and a fitness center, and the city runs Green Spring Golf Course, a Gene Bates design that opened in 1989, with views of the Pine Valley Mountains. Coral Canyon Golf Course is also in town. The city’s history sites include the Old School museum, the Covington home, Adair Spring and the granary, and the Washington Cotton Factory still stands.
The highest-priced homes on the market in Washington right now, from the MLS.
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