what state did george washington live in?
Virginia
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 In Washington 's final years , he sold the " Franklin Farms " property , and lived in a home on New Vernon Road in Mendham . 

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 Washington 's father , William Temple Washington , was educated at the College of William & Mary and home schooled his children . Around 1859 , William Washington relocated his family to a plantation at Falmouth in Stafford County , Virginia , located on the north side of the Rappahannock River across from Fredericksburg . Washington 's father suffered from paralysis , and she cared for him from a young age . 

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 By the signing of the 1783 Treaty of Paris , life along the Potomac had returned to normal . Among the visits between the elite that returned with peace was one by Madison to Gunston Hall in December 1783 , while returning from Congress in Philadelphia . The 1781 Articles of Confederation had tied the states in a loose bond , and Madison sought a sounder federal structure , seeking the proper balance between federal and state rights . He found Mason willing to consider a federal tax ; Madison had feared the subject might offend his host , and wrote to Jefferson of the evening 's conversation . The same month , Mason spent Christmas at Mount Vernon ( the only larger estate than his in Fairfax County ) . A fellow houseguest described Mason as " slight in figure , but not tall , and has a grand head and clear gray eyes " . Mason retained his political influence in Virginia , writing Patrick Henry , who had been elected to the House of Delegates , a letter filled with advice as that body 's 1783 session opened . 

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 George Washington was born in Kortrijk , Belgium to Jean Guillaume Washington ( John William Washington ) of England and Marie Louise Tant of Belgium , on May 20 , 1871 . Following then @-@ current nationality law , which considered fatherhood primary , Washington was a British subject until he was naturalized as an American in May 1918 . At least six siblings in the family also settled in different parts of the United States and Central America . A number of accounts claim a relation to U.S. President George Washington , but this is not clearly explained . 

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 The states of Maryland and Virginia each donated land to form the federal district , which included the pre @-@ existing settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria . Named in honor of George Washington , one of the United States ' founding fathers and the leader of the American Continental Army who won the Revolutionary War , the City of Washington was founded in 1791 to serve as the new national capital . In 1846 , Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia ; in 1871 , it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the District . 
