| Geneva Junction, Washington | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Geneva Junction, Washington Location of Geneva Junction, Washington | |
| Coordinates: 46°27′56″N119°19′32″W / 46.4656916°N 119.3255748°W Coordinates: 46°27′56″N119°19′32″W / 46.4656916°N 119.3255748°W [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Benton |
| Elevation [2] | 420 ft (128 m) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 98944 |
| Area code(s) | 509 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1510986 [2] |
Geneva Junction is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Washington, United States, located approximately eight miles north of Richland on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Benton County is a county in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 census, its population was 175,177. The county seat is Prosser, and its largest city is Kennewick. The Columbia River demarcates the county's north, south, and east boundaries.
Richland is a city in Benton County in the southeastern part of the State of Washington, at the confluence of the Yakima and the Columbia Rivers. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 48,058. July 1, 2017, estimates from the Census Bureau put the city's population at 56,243. Along with the nearby cities of Pasco and Kennewick, Richland is one of the Tri-Cities, and is home to the Hanford nuclear site.
