Washington (state) Washington (state) Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State, to distinguish it
Seaboard Historic District (c. 1900), and Seaboard School (1927). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Seaboard Historic District Seaboard Historic District is a national historic district located at Seaboard, Northampton County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 107 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 4 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Seaboard. The district developed between about 1874 and 1955 and includes notable examples of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the Edwards Warehouse (c. 1910), Bradley Howell Peanut Drying and Storage Facility (c. 1950), Sidney S.