Formation of Washington Co., PA

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Formation of Washington County, Pennsylvania

Source: AniMap Plus: County Boundary Historical Atlas: with "SiteFinder," U.S. Place Name Database and U.S. Cemetery Database. (On CD.) Gold Bug Software, Alamo, CA.

1750	Cumberland Co. is formed from Lancaster Co. and unincorporated territory; encompasses the entire southwestern quarter of Pennsylvania
1771	Bedford Co. is formed from the western two-thirds of Cumberland Co.
1773	Westmoreland Co. is formed from western Bedford Co.; the state of Virginia forms the "West Augusta District" from northwestern Augusta Co., but it includes Westmoreland Co., PA
1776	Virginia creates Yohogania, Monongalia, and Ohio Cos. in the West Augusta District
1779	Virginia verbally agrees to the change in her border, but nothing is carried out
1781	Washington Co. is formed from western Westmoreland Co., includes parts of Yohogania, Monongalia, and Ohio Cos., VA; most of what would be the final Washington Co. , PA, was in Yohogania Co., VA; most of what would become Greene Co., PA, was in Monongalia and Ohio Cos., VA
1784-5	Boundary between Pennsylvania and Virginia is surveyed
1786	Virginia formally terminates its jurisdiction in SW Pennsylvania; Yohogania Co. ceases to exist
1788	Allegheny Co. is formed from part of northeastern Washington Co.
1796	Greene Co. is formed from southern Washington Co.
1800	Beaver Co. is formed from part of northwestern Washington Co.
1802	Washington Co. gains from Greene Co.; Washington Co. is now in its final form

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