Mesa (/ˈmiːsə/) is a city in Franklin County, Washington, United States.

[3] Originally called Bluff Wells, then Judson, now Mesa was a stop on the Ainsworth (now Pasco) to Spokane branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad.

The Columbia Basin Irrigation Project brought water to the area in 1948.

Its location in a coulee means Mesa sits in a depression relative to the surrounding terrain, which rises a few hundred feet around the city.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.64 square miles (4.25 km2), all of it land.

9.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

7.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

A Superior Court judge has ruled that the town of Mesa must pay its former mayor about $230,000 after losing the long-running dispute.