I need advice with navigating a large spreadsheet

If there's a beginner subreddit, let me know. Navigating seems to be a nightmare in this particular spreadsheet. Perhaps I should separate into more than one spreadsheet, and create links? I have columns all the way to IA, and 5000+ rows. Say my cursor is on AX300 and I want to get to the row that has has in the first column "Washington". Currently we search for Washington, then scroll all the way over to column AX. 12,000 times a day. There has to be a way to stay in the same column while looking for the correct row?