Benton County Washington - Government Site
Population: 159,463
Area: 1703 square miles
County Seat: Prosser
Area Code(s) in use: 509
Time Zone: PST
Adjacent counties:
Franklin Grant Klickitat Morrow (OR) Umatilla (OR) Walla Walla Yakima
Airport
Columbia Crest Winery Airport, Kennewick General Hospital Heliport, McWhorter Ranch Airport, Prosser Airport, Prosser Hospital Heliport, Richland Airport, Vista Field, WNP-2 Plant Support Facility Heliport
Area
Rattlesnake Hills Research Natural Area, Tomar
Bar
China Bar
Basin
Snively Basin
Bridge
Twin Bridges, Vernita Bridge
Building
Amon Pumping Station, Fast Flux Test Facility
Canal
A P Canal, A P Lateral, Amon Wasteway, Chandler Canal, Columbia Canal, Columbia Canal Number 1, Columbia Canal Number 2, Columbia Canal Number 3, Division Four Canal, East Badger Lateral, Hanford Ditch, Highland Feeder Canal, Highlift Canal, Horn Rapids Canal, Horn Rapids Ditch, Kennewick Main Canal, Kiona Canal, Lateral Number 1.8 (historical), McWhorter Canal, Prosser East Lateral, Prosser West Lateral, Prosser West Lateral, West Badger Lateral
Cape
Columbia Point
Cemetery
Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Evergreen Cemetery, Resthaven Cemetery, Riverview Heights Cemetery, Sunset Memorial Gardens
Channel
Hanford Reach, Homly Channel, North Channel Columbia River, South Channel Columbia River, West Channel
Church
West Side Church
Civil
Benton County
Dam
Blair Reservoir Dam, Burlingame Dam, Coffin Sheep Dam, Coffin Sheep Dam Number Three, Columbia Park Dam, Horn Rapids Dam, McNary Dam, Meadow Springs Dam, Pat Owens Dam, Prosser Dam, Sandpiper Farms Leveling Pond Dam, U and I McNary Number One Reservoir Dam
Flat
Iowa Flats
Gap
Goose Gap, Goose Gap, The Gap
Gut
Paterson Slough
Hospital
Kadlec Hospital
Island
Bateman Island, Big Blalock Island, Blalock Island, Blalock Islands, Clover Island, Cooks Island (historical), Coyote Islands (historical), Fox Island, Island Number 18 (historical), Johnson Island, Little Blalock Island, Monument Island, Nelson Island, Number 18 Island (historical), Rock Island, Sand Island, Songbird Island, Telegraph Island, The Island, Van Skinner Island, Whitcomb Island, Wooded Island
Lake
Badlands Lakes, Lost Lake, Mound Pond, Palmer Pond, Switch Pond, Yellepit Pond
Locale
Allard, Anderson Ranch, Barger, Bennett Ranch, Benson Ranch, Berrian, Biggam, Chandler, Chandler Power and Pumping Plant, Cold Creek, Columbia Shopping Center, Columbia Square, Davis Ranch, Emerson Nipple, Erie, Gravel Pit, Grosscup, Hanford Road Barricade, Hanford Site, Hodges Ranch, Hover, Kennewick Plaza, Ledbeder Substation, Lenzie Ranch, McWhorter Ranch, Midtown Plaza, Midway Substation, Mottinger, Prior Ranch, Riverland, Roberts Ranch, Sage, Sham-na-pum Golf Course, Snively Ranch, The Badlands, The Highlands Center, Three Hundred North Radioactive Waste Dump, Tri-Cities Center, Tri-City Golf Course, West Richland Municipal Golf Course, Westgate Shopping Center, Wye Barricade, Wye Radioactive Waste Dump, Youngs Ranch
Park
Chamna Natural Preserve, Columbia Park (historical), Columbia Point Marina Park, Crow Butte State Park, Farrand Park, Fruitland Park, Hatfield Park, Horn Rapids County Park, Hover Park, Howard Amon Park, James J Lawless Park, Jefferson Park, John Day Park, John Day Wildlife Management Area, Keewaydin Park, Kennewick Game Farm (historical), Lawrence Scott Park, Layton Park, Leslie Groves Park, Madame Dorion Memorial Park, Paul Liddell Park, Plymouth Park, Rattlesnake Slope State Wildlife Recreation Area, Riverview Natural Preserve, Sanders Field, Two Rivers Park, Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge, Underwood Park, W E Johnson Park, Westwood Park
Plain
Columbia Plateau
Populated Place
Apricot, Audrey, Badger, Benton City, Berrian, Bettie, Chaffee, East White Bluffs, Edna, Ethel, Finley, Geneva Junction, Gibbon, Ginger, Hanford, Hedges, Helen, Highland, Horse Heaven, Island View, Kennewick, Kinneyville (historical), Kiona, Longview, May Junction, Nancy, North McNary, North Prosser, Paterson, Pearl, Pierce, Plymouth, Port of Kennewick, Prosser, Richland, Richland Junction, Richland Y, Ruby, Ruth, South Highlands, Susie, Vista, Wahluke, West Highlands, West Richland, Whitcomb, White Bluffs, Whitstran, Willa, Yellepit
Range
Horse Heaven Hills
Rapids
Coyote Rapids, Horn Rapids, Umatilla Rapids (historical)
Reservoir
Ben Blair Pond, Lake Wallula, Meadow Springs Reservoir, Sandpiper Farms Leveling Pond, U and I McNary Number One Reservoir
Ridge
Canoe Ridge, Horse Heaven Hills, Paterson Ridge, Sagebrush Ridge
School
Bethlehem Luthern School, Canyon View Elementary School, Carmichael Junior High School, Cascade Elementary School, Chief Joseph Junior High School, Christ the King School, Desert Hills Middle School, Desert Hills Middle School, Eastgate Elementary School, Edison Elementary School, Erikson Home School, Finley Elementary School, Fruitland School, Hanford Secondary School, Hawthorne Elementary School, Highlands Middle School, Housel Middle School, Jason Lee School, Jefferson School, Kamiakin High School, Kamiakin High School, Kennewick High School, Kiona-Benton City Elementary School, Lewis and Clark School, Lincoln Elementary School, Lincoln School, Park Middle School, Paterson Elementary School, Paterson Elementary School, Plymouth Elementary School, Prosser Heights School, Prosser High School, Richland High School, River View School, Sacajawea School, Saint Josephs School, Southgate Elementary School, Spalding School, Sunset View Elementary School, Sunset View School, Tri City Area Vocational Skills Center, Vista Elementary School, Vista School, Washington Elementary School, Washington State University Experimental Station, Westgate Elementary School, Whitman School
Spring
Badger Spring, Barrel Springs, Bennett Spring, Benson Spring, Bowden Springs, Coyote Springs, Doke Spring, Joe Spring, Juniper Springs, Katie Fleck Spring, Lonesome Spring, Lower Maiden Spring, Lower Snively Spring, Maiden Spring, Matney Spring, McKinley Springs, Olson Spring, Railroad Spring, Rattlesnake Spring, Sam White Spring, Section 5 Spring, Section 9 Spring, Snively Spring, Upper Snively Spring, Virgil O McWhorter Spring, West Maiden Spring, Wissel Spring
Stream
Cold Creek, Corral Creek, Dry Creek, East Branch Glade Creek, Glade Creek, Rattlesnake Creek, Snipes Creek, Spring Creek, Yakima River
Summit
Badger Mountain, Candy Mountain, Chandler Butte, Crow Butte, Flat Top Hill, Gable Butte, Gable Mountain, Goose Egg Hill, Goose Hill, Johnson Butte, Jump Off Joe, Lookout, Quarry Butte, Rattlesnake Mountain, Red Mountain, Royer Hill, Sillusi Butte, The Butte, The Horn
Tower
KACA-FM (Prosser), KACA-FM (Prosser), KARY-AM (Prosser), KARY-FM (Grandview), KEPR-TV (Pasco), KEYW-FM (Pasco), KFAE-FM (Richland), KGDN-FM (Pasco), KIOK-FM (Richland), KNDU-TV (Richland), KONA-AM (Kennewick-Richland-Pasco), KONA-FM (Kennewick), KORD-FM (Richland), KOTY-FM (Richland), KOTY-FM (Richland), KTCR-AM (Kennewick), KTCV-FM (Kennewick), KTNW-TV (Richland), KVEW-TV (Kennewick)
Valley
Amon Canyon, Artesian Coulee, Badger Canyon, Bing Canyon, Bofer Canyon, Carter Canyon, Cold Creek Valley, Corral Canyon, Coyote Canyon, Coyote Canyon, Crow Canyon, Dead Canyon, Fourmile Canyon, Kelly Gulch, McCoy Canyon, Moore Canyon, Nine Canyon, Prospect Canyon, Rush Canyon, Scouten Canyon, Sheep Canyon, Snively Gulch, Spaw Canyon, Straub Canyon, Switzler Canyon, Taylor Canyon, Webber Canyon, Zintel Canyon
Well
Amon Well, Big Well, Bofer Well, Cresswell Well, Creswell Well, Edwards Well, Idle Well, McGee Well, Orcutt Well, Root Well, Sweanys Well, Taylor Well, Williams Wells, Youngs Well
| Race | Population |
| White |  148,736 |
| Asian | 4,071 |
| Mixed | 2,960 |
| Black | 1,906 |
| American Indian | 1,525 |
| Hawaiian & Pacific Islander | 265 |
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