Hanford

English Alternative forms surname en Handford Etymology From Welsh hen ("old") and ford ("a way"): the old way (Source: William Arthur 1857). Proper noun ~ s A Welsh surname (the most common in England and the United States). en city/county seat co/Kings County in central s/California c/USA. en unincorporated community co/Cerro Gordo County s/Iowa. 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. en village/and/cpar in co/Dorset cc/England previously in dist/North Dorset OS grid ref ST8411. en suburb in south-west city/Stoke-on-Trent co/Staffordshire cc/England OS grid ref SJ8742. Derived terms en Hanfordite References William Arthur: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York, NY: Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., 1857. p. 153. en Radioactivity Nuclear warfare Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki en surnames from Welsh