City Index
Benton County is somewhat remote and unpopulated. In 2010, the US Census Bureau reported a total of 175,177 residents. However, the largest
city in the county, Kennewick, is also part of the Tri-Cities, which is a mid-sized metropolitan area, consisting of three adjacent cities: Kennewick, Pasco,
and Richland. Also, West Richland, another neighboring city, is generally included within the scope of the Tri-Cities. All combined, the
Tri-Cities area is the fourth largest metropolitan area in Washington.
In the more rural areas of Benton County, births, marriages, and deaths many times occur not in the town that the individual actually resided in,
but in a neighboring town that may have had the facilities to assist with these life changing events. The index below was created to aid in locating
neighboring communities.
| Town | Hanford Reservation? |
Nearest Town |
County | Nearby Town |
County |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apricot | N | Grandview | Yakima | Prosser | Benton |
| Audrey | Y | Desert Aire | Grant | Basin City | Franklin |
| Badger | N | Benton City | Benton | Kennewick | Benton |
| Benton City | N | Kiona | Benton | West Richland | Benton |
| Berrian | N | Plymouth | Benton | Umatilla, OR | Umatilla, OR |
| Bettie | Y | Corfu | Grant | Desert Aire | Grant |
| Chaffee | N | Benton City | Benton | Prosser | Benton |
| East White Bluffs | Y | Corfu | Grant | Basin City | Franklin |
| Edna | Y | Basin City | Franklin | Corfu | Grant |
| Ethel | Y | Desert Aire | Grant | Mattawa | Grant |
| Finley | N | Burbank | Walla Walla | Kennewick | Benton |
| Geneva Junction | Y | Basin City | Franklin | Richland | Benton |
| Gibbon | N | Whitstran | Benton | Prosser | Benton |
| Ginger | Y | Corfu | Grant | Desert Aire | Grant |
| Hanford | Y | Basin City | Franklin | Corfu | Grant |
| Hedges | N | Finley | Benton | Burbank | Walla Walla |
| Helen | Y | Desert Aire | Grant | Corfu | Grant |
| Highland | N | Finley | Benton | Kennewick | Benton |
| Horse Heaven (aka Bedrock Springs) |
N | Benton City | Benton | Prosser | Benton |
| Island View | N | Kennewick | Benton | Richland | Benton |
| Kenneyville | N | Prosser | Benton | ||
| Kennewick | N | Pasco | Franklin | Finley | Benton |
| Kiona | N | Benton City | Benton | Richland | Benton |
| Longview | N | Plymouth | Benton | Irrigon, OR | Morrow, OR |
| May Junction | Y | Benton City | Benton | Richland | Benton |
| Nancy | Y | Corfu | Grant | Desert Aire | Grant |
| North McNary | N | Plymouth | Benton | Umatilla, OR | Umatilla, OR |
| North Prosser | N | Whitstran | Benton | Prosser | Benton |
| Paterson | N | Irrigon, OR | Morrow, OR | Boardman, OR | Morrow, OR |
| Pearl | Y | Desert Aire | Grant | Basin City | Franklin |
| Pierce | Y | Corfu | Grant | Basin City | Franklin |
| Plymouth | N | Umatilla, OR | Umatilla, OR | Irrigon, OR | Morrow, OR |
| Port of Kennewick | Pasco | Franklin | Kennewick | Benton | |
| Prosser | N | Whitstran | Benton | Grandview | Yakima |
| Richland | N | West Richland | Benton | Kennewick | Benton |
| Richland Junction | Kennewick | Benton | Richland | Benton | |
| Richland Y | N | Kennewick | Benton | Richland | Benton |
| Ruby | Y | Richland | Benton | Glade | Franklin |
| Ruth | Y | Corfu | Grant | Basin City | Franklin |
| South Highlands | N | Kennewick | Benton | Highland | Benton |
| Susie | Y | Desert Aire | Grant | Basin City | Franklin |
| Vista | N | Kennewick | Benton | Pasco | Franklin |
| Wahluke | Y | Corfu | Grant | Desert Aire | Grant |
| West Highlands | N | Kennewick | Benton | Pasco | Franklin |
| West Richland | N | Richland | Benton | Benton City | Benton |
| Whitcomb | N | Boardman, OR | Morrow, OR | Alderdale | Klickitat |
| White Bluffs | Y | Corfu | Grant | Basin City | Franklin |
| Whitstran | N | Prosser | Benton | Benton City | Benton |
| Willa | Y | Basin City | Franklin | Corfu | Grant |
| Yellepit | N | Wallula | Walla Walla | Finley | Benton |