About the County
Washington County, New York, is located in the true Upstate region and the north end of the Capital District of the State of New York. Mostly just outside the Adirondack Park, save for a possible sliver in the extreme northwest of the county per the Blue Line, the county contains a massive wealth of historical sites, figures, and interests alike. Culturally, the county is a solid mix of New England and New York influences, and unlike the Nine Partners region, which is predominantly in Dutchess County, Washington County maintains an authentic mixture of New England and New York influences and actually maintains an “in-between” culture of sorts, wherein only Fort Edward (the county seat) and Hudson Falls are clearly defined within the general culture of the Capital District. However, communities elsewhere, including Salem, Cambridge, and Granville, are more or less associated with a blend of influences in which discerning New York and New England traits is effectively impossible.
Regardless of location within Washington County, historical charm is seemingly inevitable, even in clearly rural areas away from structured communities within the village and hamlet areas. However, topographical, geological, and physical boundaries continue to maintain proper and significant importance in the county, ranging from the valley of Lake Champlain to the north to the Hudson Valley to the south and from the Adirondack Mountains to the west to the Taconic Mountains to the east. Although select neighboring counties, such as Essex (for Ticonderoga), may be famed for more popularly notable historic sites, such as the General Henry Knox Cannon Trail, Washington County maintains pre-Revolutionary cultural and historical significance through the location at a triple crossroads involving culture, topography, and hydrology alike.
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