Washington Township
Washington Township is a township in Buchanan County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 74635. Washington Township was established in 1842, and named after President George Washington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 74,600 residents
- Description: township in Buchanan County, Missouri
- Also known as: “Township of Washington” and “Washington Township, Buchanan County, Missouri”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Patee House and St. Joseph City Hall.
Patee House
Museum
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The Patee House, also known as Patee House Museum, was completed in 1858 as a 140-room luxury hotel at 12th Street and Penn in St. Joseph, Missouri. It was one of the best-known hotels west of the Mississippi River.
St. Joseph City Hall
Town hall
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St. Joseph City Hall is a historic city hall located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was designed by the architectural firm Eckel & Aldrich and built in 1926–1927.
Jesse James Home Museum
Museum
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The Jesse James Home Museum is the house in St. Joseph, Missouri where outlaw Jesse James was living and was gunned down on April 3, 1882, by Robert Ford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St. Joseph and Elwood.
St. Joseph
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St. Joseph, is a city in Missouri. It is famous as the place where Jesse James was gunned down, and as the home of Cherry Mash confectionery. It was also the headquarters for the Pony Express, as well as a major "jumping off" point for the Oregon Trail.
Elwood
Village
Elwood is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States, located west across the Missouri River from Saint Joseph, Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,125. Elwood is situated 3 miles west of Washington Township.
Saxton
Hamlet
Saxton is an extinct hamlet in Buchanan County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Saxton is situated 4 miles southeast of Washington Township.
Washington Township
- Category: township of Missouri
- Location: Buchanan County, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Washington Township” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “華盛頓鎮區 (密蘇里州布坎南縣)”
- Chinese: “華盛頓鎮區”
- French: “Washington Township”
- German: “Washington Township (Buchanan County, Missouri)”
- German: “Washington Township”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Washington (condado de Buchanan, Misuri)”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Washington”
- Urdu: “واشنگٹن ٹاؤن شپ، بیوکینن کاؤنٹی، مسوری”
- Urdu: “واشنگٹن ٹاؤن شپ”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Washington, Quận Buchanan, Missouri”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Washington”
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