Washington County is a
county located in the
U.S. state of
Vermont, named after
George Washington. As of the
2010 census, the population was 59,534, making it the third-most populous county in Vermont, but the second-least populous capital county in the nation, after Hughes County, South Dakota. Its
shire town is
Montpelier, the state capital. The county was created in 1810 as Jefferson County and organized the following year.