Abandoned Record
About Hanford
Hanford was a small agricultural community in Benton County, Washington, United States. It and White Bluffs were depopulated in 1943 in order to make room for the nuclear production facility known as the Hanford Site.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Hanford, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Hanford is
Historic maps
7 historic USGS maps cover Hanford
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1924 Hanford sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1951 Hanford sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1953 Walla Walla sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Walla Walla sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1965 Hanford sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1979 Priest Rapids sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Hanford sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Hanford
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Washington index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Hanford": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Hanford, Washington": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q1575443.
- USGS GNIS 1511641.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).