Established on January 15, 1904, the municipality was named after the first president of the United States, George Washington, as a tribute to the Thomasites, a group of American teachers who in the early 1900s established a new public education system in the Philippines, taught basic education, and trained Filipino teachers with English as medium of instruction. The municipality was formerly called Fonda Lagatic, which was derived from Lagatik River that stretches along some of the municipality's barangays at a length of 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi).

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According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 66.69 square kilometres (25.75 sq mi) [2] constituting 3.66% of the 1,821.42-square-kilometre- (703.25 sq mi) total area of Aklan.

New Washington is bounded by Batan in the east, Kalibo in the west and the Sibuyan Sea on the north. It is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Kalibo International Airport, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the province's capital town of Kalibo, and one and a half (1​1⁄2) hours away from the Boracay Island.

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I have been fortunate to visit this nice unique place. I have met some very special people who are very down to earth and friendly.
It wasn't my intention to ghost hunt the area but when I told them of my passion of the paranormal, they began to open up and showed me the haunted houses in the area.

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With only my cellphone as my gadget, I took some photos of the houses in the morning and more photos at night and compared them. Lo and behold, I captured some very good unexplained anomalies. 

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I can't wait to go back and do a full investigation of the area.

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