Buena () is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

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, with a 2020 census population of 1048. In the 2010 census, the population was 990, and the community was not recognized in the 2000 census figures. Buena is north of

Toppenish Toppenish () is a city in Yakima County, Washington, United States. The population was 8,854 at the 2020 census. It is located within the Yakama Indian Reservation, established in 1855. Toppenish calls itself the city of Murals, as it has more ...

. Buena has a

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with ZIP code 98921. The settlement was originally named Springdale for a nearby

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, but its name was changed to Jonathan in 1918 to avoid conflicting with an existing Springdale when a

was created. The

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constructed a

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through Jonathan in 1919 and named it Buena (Spanish for "good") with an Anglicized pronunciation.

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Unincorporated communities in Yakima County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) {{YakimaCountyWA-geo-stub