College Place, WA

College Place is a Walla Walla County city best known as the home of Walla Walla University. The university gives the city its name, its student presence, and much of its Seventh-day Adventist character. Martin Field west of town served as an air training base during World War II, adding a military-history note to the agricultural valley setting. College Place feels small, orderly, and campus-shaped, with wheat country, Walla Walla wine country, and the Blue Mountains all nearby.