Benton County, Washington, United States

Details for Benton County

Name

Benton County

Place Type

County

Located in

Washington, United States

County Seat

Prosser

Coordinates

Latitude		46.2665231		46° 15' 59.5" N
Longitude		-119.4844685		119° 29' 04.1" W

Population

112,560

Elevation

156 m

Surrounding Counties

Franklin NE
Walla Walla E
Umatilla (Oregon) SE
Morrow (Oregon) S
Klickitat SW
Yakima W
Grant N

USGS GNIS FeatureID

1513302

Histopolis Place ID

226229851

Updated Apr 15, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Benton County

8 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Washington > Benton County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Washington > Benton County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/WA/Benton/ (18 Jun 2010)

Benton County, Washington WA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Benton County, Washington WA, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=23011 (25 Nov 2008)

Benton County, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton_County,_Washington (16 Aug 2010)

Benton County WAGenWeb Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/wa/benton/benton.htm (24 Jan 2010)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=2955 (2 Sep 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Benton County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=23011&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (7 Jan 2008)

Benton County, Washington Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Benton County, Washington
http://www.interment.net/us/wa/benton.htm (16 May 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Benton County, Wash. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/BE.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

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Surveys in Benton County

1 Survey, 9 Ranges, 55 Townships

The Willamette Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Benton County. You can navigate to any of the 55 survey townships that overlap Benton County using the navigation tool below.

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Cities of Benton County

5 Cities, 44 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Apricot	Audrey	Badger	Benton (city)
Berrian	Bettie	Chaffee	East White Bluffs
Edna	Ethel	Finley	Geneva Junction
Gibbon	Ginger	Hanford	Hedges
Helen	Highland	Horse Heaven	Island View
Kennewick (city)	Kinneyville (historical u.p.)	Kiona	Longview (historical u.p.)
May Junction	Nancy	North McNary	North Prosser
Paterson	Pearl	Pierce	Plymouth
Port of Kennewick	Prosser (city)	Richland (city)	Richland Junction
Richland Y	Ruby	Ruth	South Highlands
Susie	Vista	West Highlands	West Richland (city)
Whitcomb	White Bluffs	Whitstran	Willa
Yellepit

Cemeteries of Benton County

5 Cemeteries

Desert Lawn Memorial Park	Evergreen	Resthaven	Riverview Heights
Sunset Memorial Gardens

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