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Washington Borough separated from Washington Township as of February 20, 1868. The borough had the 26th-highest property tax rate in New Jersey, with an equalized rate of 4.206% in 2020, compared to 2.967% in the county as a whole and a statewide average of 2.279%. The Borough of Washington is surrounded by Washington Township, which is one of five municipalities in the state of New Jersey with the name 'Washington Township'. The borough was named for George Washington, one of more than ten communities in the state of New Jersey that were named for the first president. Washington was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 20, 1868, from portions of Washington Township.

As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,299, an increase of 838 (+13.0%) from the 2010 census count of 6,461, which in turn reflected a decline of 251 (−3.7%) from the 6,712 counted in the 2000 census.

Washington is a borough in Warren County, in the U.S.

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