Hanford
Hanford, a town on the Columbia
River in the northeastern part of Benton County. It was named in 1906 by the
Hanford Irrigation and Power Company, in honor of the president of the company,
Cornelius H. Hanford of Seattle, who was one of the founders of the big
reclamation project and who was also the first and most prominent Federal Judge
in the State of Washington. (Postmaster at Hanford, in Names MSS., Letter 12.) -
Origin of Washington Geographic Names 1923
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