Funeral Homes near Washington

Facts about the city

Washington is a neighborhood of the city of Maysville located near the Ohio River in Mason County in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is one of the earliest settlements in Kentucky and also one of the earliest American settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains. It played a significant role in the lead-up to the Civil War, producing two civil war generals (one Union and one Confederate) and an escaped slave whose legal case established Canada as a safe haven for escaping slaves. It also provided the site where Harriet Beecher Stowe witnessed a slave auction. It has since been annexed by Maysville, and is sometimes now referred to as Old Washington. The community is in Area 606 served by the 759 exchange.

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History

It was for a time a residence of Kentucky pioneer Spencer Records, and a home base for Captain Simon Kenton. Washington was a small village near the Ohio River, one of the first two settlements in the US state of Kentucky.

Much of the old part of Washington remains as it did in the late 18th century, with many log cabins remaining. It has since been annexed by Maysville, Kentucky, and is sometimes referred to as Old Washington. .