Paterson, Washington

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|name = Paterson

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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

|image_skyline = Paterson - rural fire department - July 2013.JPG

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Washington

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|map_caption = Location within Benton county

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Washington

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Benton

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|unit_pref = Imperial

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|population_as_of = 2000

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|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone = Pacific (PST)

|utc_offset = -8

|timezone_DST = PDT

|utc_offset_DST = -7

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|elevation_ft = 384

|coordinates = {{coord|45|56|13|N|119|36|10|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 99345{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/99345|title=Paterson ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2022|access-date=November 30, 2022}}

|area_code = 509

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|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 1511216{{GNIS|1511216}}

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Paterson is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Washington, United States, located on the northern banks of the Columbia River at the junction of Washington State Route 14 and Washington State Route 221.[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=24947 Paterson, Washington WA, profile (Benton County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk] It was named for early settler Henry Paterson.{{cite book|last=Meany|first=Edmond S.|title=Origin of Washington geographic names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027074981;view=1up;seq=225|year=1923|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle|page=209}}

File:Paterson Residential district - July 2013.JPG{{clear left}}