  thumb|right|service station in hanford, 1930 thumb|right|hanford high school, 1925 thumb|right|hanford high school, following its use for military training hanford was a small agricultural community in benton county, washington, united states. it was depopulated in 1943 along with the town of white bluffs in order to make room for the nuclear production facility known as the hanford site. the town was located in what is now the "100f" sector of the site. the original town, named for the judge and irrigation company president cornelius hanford, was settled in 1907 on land bought by the local power and water utility. in 1913, the town had a spur railroad link to the transcontinental chicago, milwaukee and st. paul railway, also known as 'the electric railro
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