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.

The original town, named for the judge and irrigation company president Cornelius H. Hanford,[3][4] was settled in 1907 on land bought by the local power and water utility.

It was used during World War II as the construction management office.

Hanford is now protected as part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.