{"id":2626,"date":"2017-04-04T11:12:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T17:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shct.wpengine.com\/springdale\/?page_id=2626"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:00:09","slug":"washington-county-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/county-2\/washington-county-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington County is in the northwest corner of Arkansas in the Ozark Mountains. It was established on October 17, 1828, formed from Lovely County, which was part of Indian Territory. Washington County has grown from small settlements of farms, mills, and orchards into one of the most affluent and prosperous counties in the state.<\/p>\n<h2>Government (officials &amp; information)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.washington.ar.us\/government\/departments-a-e\/county-judge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.washington.ar.us\/government\/departments-f-z\/sheriff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheriff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/argis.ualr.edu\/DistrictFinder\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Representatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstates.org\/ar\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Legislation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Healthy Aging Resources (support entities)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaanwar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Area Agency on Aging of NWA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthy.arkansas.gov\/programsServices\/localPublicHealthOffices\/Pages\/huDetails.aspx?show=Baxter%20County%20Health%20Unit%20-%20Mt.%20Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Health Department<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Health Statistics (health rankings)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uams.edu\/phacs\/countyprofiles\/washingtoncounty.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PHACS Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.countyhealthrankings.org\/app\/arkansas\/2016\/rankings\/washington\/county\/outcomes\/overall\/snapshot?preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RWJ Health Ranking<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington County is in the northwest corner of Arkansas in the Ozark Mountains. It was established on October 17, 1828, formed from Lovely County, which was part of Indian Territory. Washington County has grown from small settlements of farms, mills, and orchards into one of the most affluent and prosperous counties in the state. Government&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/county-2\/washington-county-2\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":365,"featured_media":0,"parent":2506,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/365"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2626"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10359,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2626\/revisions\/10359"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}