Benton County is best known as the home of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, which was instrumental in the building of the first atomic bomb. Two of the Tri-Cities are in the county:
Richland and
Kennewick. The county seat is
Prosser, to the west on the
Yakima River. Washington's
Wine Regions extends through the county.
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