Why is washington DC not in washington state ?
Well you have a few things wrong… 1) Washington D.C. is not the capitol of Maryland, that is the city of Annapolis 2) Washington D.C. was set up separate from Maryland so technically it is not in Maryland or Virginia. It was a created city that was named after General and President George Washington back in the very late 1700’s (talking about 1795-96). 3) Washington State is not a city at all, hence the word ‘state’. 4) In the late 1700’s the still fledgling U.S. had not expanded westward, so the land that would become Washington the state, had not been ceded by treaties or force to the U.S.
