Atwood, Indiana

Atwood
Unincorporated community
Methodist church
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Coordinates: 41°15′39″N 85°58′31″W / 41.26083°N 85.97528°W / 41.26083; -85.97528Coordinates: 41°15′39″N 85°58′31″W / 41.26083°N 85.97528°W / 41.26083; -85.97528
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Kosciusko
Township	Prairie
Elevation	823 ft (251 m)
ZIP code	46502
FIPS code	18-02638^[1]
GNIS feature ID	430332^[2]

Atwood is an unincorporated community in Prairie Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.

History

Originally named "Mount Ruska," Atwood was laid out as a village on September 29, 1857. It was an important trading point due to the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway passing through its boundaries. By a petition of the citizens in 1865, the town's name was officially changed to Atwood.^[3]

Geography

Atwood is located at 41°15′39″N 85°58′31″W / 41.26083°N 85.97528°W / 41.26083; -85.97528, near Hoffman Lake.

Schools

Atwood was home to the Atwood Greyhounds. Those who had attended Atwood Elementary now attend Warsaw Community High School.

Notable people

Emery Andrew Rovenstine; renowned anesthesiologist
Hobart Creighton; Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives (1942-1948), Republican nominee for Indiana Governor (1948)

References

↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ "Atwood, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
↑ Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Company. 1887. p. 734.

Municipalities and communities of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Warsaw

Cities	Nappanee‡ Warsaw

Towns	Burket Claypool Etna Green Leesburg Mentone Milford North Webster Pierceton Sidney Silver Lake Syracuse Winona Lake

Townships	Clay Etna Franklin Harrison Jackson Jefferson Lake Monroe Plain Prairie Scott Seward Tippecanoe Turkey Creek Van Buren Washington Wayne

Unincorporated communities	Arrowhead Park Atwood Barbee Bayfield Beaver Dam Bell Rohr Park Between-The-Lakes Park Black Point Buttermilk Point Cedar Point Clunette DeFries Landing Eagle Point Enchanted Hills Epworth Forest Forest Glen Gravelton Hastings Highbanks Highlands Park Island Park Kalorama Park Kanata Manayunk Kinsey Lakeside Park Lakeview Spring Marineland Gardens Milford Junction Mineral Springs Monoquet Musquabuck Park Oakwood Park Osborn Landing Oswego Packerton Palestine Pickwick Park Quaker Haven Park Sevastopol Shady Banks Silver Point South Park Stoneburner Landing Stony Ridge Sunrise Beach Vawter Park Walker Park Wawasee Village Wa-Will-Away Park Wooster Yellowbanks

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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