Old Washington, Tennessee

The land for the town was donated by David Campbell, and the lots were auctioned off from May 21–22, 1812.

The town was busy marketplace, with ten stores and its own newspaper, The Valley Freeman.

During the Civil War, the courthouse was used as a headquarters by various officers in 1863.

The Cincinnati Southern Railway, constructed in 1880, passed through Dayton but bypassed Washington, and the inhabitants of Rhea County voted in 1889 to move the county seat from Washington to Dayton.

This Rhea County, Tennessee geography–related article is a stub.