One early item of interest in Washington's history was the "paint mine".

There was a large deposit of red and yellow ocher in a nearby cave, which may have been used by people who lived here three to five thousand years ago and who used large quantities of ocher, normally red, to cover both the bodies of the dead and the burial artifacts.

The red panel at the hoist of the Official Town Flag refers to these people.

[1] As of the census[5] of 2010, there were 1,527 people, 614 households, and 427 families living in the town.

There were 797 housing units at an average density of 21.0 per square mile (8.1/km2).

23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 694 housing units at an average density of 18.3 per square mile (7.1/km2).

22.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.