George is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 501 at the 2010 census. The “humorous homage” to President George Washington has landed George, Washington upon lists of unfamiliar place names.

The city is known for being near the Gorge Amphitheatre, sometimes called “The Gorge at George”. The Gorge Amphitheatre was the location of the annual Sasquatch! Music Festival.

The city next celebrates national holidays such as the Fourth of July, and Washington’s Birthday, with cherry pies. The world’s largest cherry pie is in addition to baked all year on July 4, and served to a crowd.

George began as a large irrigation district amongst Quincy and Moses Lake. In the at the forefront 1950s, the craving for a town to sustain the local agriculture concern was evident, and the Bureau of Land Management totally to 339 acres (1.37 km²) for this purpose. The sole bid was that of a local pharmacist, Charlie Brown, who invested his own money into the venture and solicited planning back from a University of Washington instructor. The endeavor included streets, utilities, etc.

When filing the papers for the town once the BLM, Brown granted that the town should be named after the first President of the United States, George Washington.