Othello () is a city in Adams County, Washington, United States. The population was 5,847 at the 2000 census and grew 25.9% over the neighboring decade to 7,364 at the 2010 census. In the 2018 census, it was 8,099. Othello refers to the city as physical in the “Heart” of the Columbia Basin Project. It is located approximately 100 miles (160 km) southwest of Spokane, 180 miles (290 km) east of Seattle, and very nearly 25 miles (40 km) south of Interstate 90, at the intersection of SR 17 and SR 26.

Othello has many outside recreation opportunities. The Columbia National Wildlife Refuge is approximately 5 miles (8 km) away past 23,200 acres (94 km²) of home for hiking, fishing, biking and wildlife viewing. Othello in addition to has a single 9-hole public golf course, three miles (5 km) outside of the city limits to the southwest.

The first white settlers in the area were two brothers, Ben and Sam Hutchinson, who built a cabin along the Crab Creek in 1884. An influx of homesteaders began after the start of the 20th century, and a read out office was standard in 1904. The read out office was named Othello after a read out office assumed name Othello in Roane County, Tennessee.

The Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad ran a track through Adams County in 1907. In 1912, a hotel was built for the railroad workers. That hotel would be far ahead known as the Old Hotel and Art Gallery. The railroad officially platted the town as a stop, with water to feed the boilers of steam trains. They kept the state Othello, and built a railyard and wooden roundhouse there. Although the roundhouse burned in 1919, it was replaced later a brick structure which lasted many years. Businesses and settlers continued to follow, and the town was incorporated May 31, 1910. At the epoch the railroad was the eastern terminus of the second electrified district of the Milwaukee Road’s “Pacific Extension” route, which outstretched up to Tacoma, Washington.

The Bureau of Reclamation located offices in Othello in 1947, which prevented the subside of this town in the heavens of the decline of rail shipping after World War II. In the in advance 1950s, the Columbia Basin Project brought irrigation to the Othello area, increasing both agriculture and commerce. Prior to this, water came forlorn from Crab Creek and from local wells. The water arrived via the Potholes East Canal surrounded by Billy Clapp Lake and Scootenay Reservoir in Franklin County. Once there was irrigation available, a home drawing was held in Othello. On May 31, 1952 42 names were drawn (of exceeding 7000 submitted) for the privilege of purchasing this newly-desirable acreage.