Hanford

English

Etymology

From hen (old) and ford (a way): the old way (Source: William Arthur 1857).

Proper noun

Hanford (plural Hanfords)

1. A Welsh surname (the most common in England and the United States).
2. A city, the county seat of Kings County, in central California, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
4. A former small agricultural community located in Benton County, Washington, which was depopulated in 1943 in order to make room for the nuclear production facility known as the Hanford Site.
5. A village and civil parish of Dorset, England.
6. A village in Staffordshire, England.

Derived terms

• Hanfordite

See also

• Handford

References

• William Arthur: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York, NY: Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., 1857. p. 153.