Hanford may refer to:
Places
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Hanford (constituency), a constituency in Tuen Mun, People's Republic of China
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Hanford, Dorset, a village and parish in England
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Hanford, Staffordshire, England
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Hanford, California
Hanford is a city and county seat of Kings County, California, located in the San Joaquin Valley region of the greater Central Valley (California), Central Valley. The population was 53,967 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census.
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, United States
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Hanford, Iowa, United States
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Hanford, Washington
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 town was located in what ...
, a community depopulated by the U.S. government in March 1943
Schools
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Hanford School, a school in Hanford, Dorset
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Hanford High School
Hanford High School is a public high school located on the northern edge of Richland, Washington. It is part of the Richland School District. The school's mascot is the falcon, and its school colors are purple and gold.
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, a high school in Richland, Washington
Other uses
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Hanford (surname)
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Hanford Site
The Hanford Site is a decommissioned nuclear production complex operated by the United States federal government on the Columbia River in Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington. The site has been known by many names, including SiteW a ...
, a nuclear complex
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Hanford Tri-State Airlines
Mid-Continent Airlines was an airline which operated in the central United States from the 1930s until 1952 when it was acquired by and merged with Braniff International Airways. Mid-Continent Airlines was originally founded as a flight school a ...
or Mid-Continent Airlines
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USS ''Hanford''
People with the given name
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Hanford Dixon
Hanford Dixon (born December 25, 1958) is a former professional American football cornerback who played his entire career (1981–1989) for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. Dixon made the Pro Bowl three times, in 1986, 1987 and 1988. He was ...
(born 1958), American football player and sports announcer
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Hanford MacNider (1889–1968), American diplomat and US Army General
See also
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Handford, a surname
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Hanford Carnegie Museum
The Carnegie Museum of Kings County, is a museum in Hanford, Kings County, central California.
History
The building was built in 1905 in the Romanesque Revival style with Richardson Romanesque elements. It was one of the many Carnegie libraries ...
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Hanford Reach
The Hanford Reach is a free-flowing section of the Columbia River, around long, in eastern Washington state. It is named after a large northward bend in the river's otherwise southbound course.
Hanford Reach is the only section of the Columbia i ...
, a free-flowing section of the Columbia River
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Hanford Reach National Monument
The Hanford Reach National Monument is a national monument in the U.S. state of Washington. It was created in 2000, mostly from the former security buffer surrounding the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The area has been untouched by development or ...
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