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Welcome to Badger ...

Badger is located in Benton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Badger, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Badger is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Badger lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Badger: 509

Communities Also Named Badger ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Washington communities named Badger: This one is located in Benton County and the other is located in Yakima County.

Beyond Washington, there are 18 communities that are also named Badger - they are located in Alaska, California, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, Minnesota (2), Nebraska (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Badger.

Communities near Badger ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Badger.

  • Kennewick
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Pasco
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Pasco is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,095 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pasco <3>
  • Richland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • West Richland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Umatilla
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Umatilla is located in Umatilla County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umatilla
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,360 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Umatilla <3>
  • Prosser
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Benton City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • West Pasco
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • West Pasco is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pasco
  • Highland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Highland is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Ainsworth Junction
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Ainsworth Junction is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainsworth Junction

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Badger. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Badger.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Badger. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Badger.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Badger. See our Newspapers Page for Badger.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Badger ...

Looking for more information about Badger? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Badger, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Badger.

Adding Badger to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Badger in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Badger was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Badger post office opened in 1912. The Badger post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Badger.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Benton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Badger - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/