Atwood
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Places
Canada- Atwood, OntarioAtwood, OntarioAtwood is a small town located in Perth County, Ontario, Canada. Nearby centres include Listowel and Elmira. Campbell's soup factory was the main employer for the small town, which currently has between 500 and 1000 inhabitants. There are 3 local churches including the Atwood Presbyterian Church...
United States
- Atwood, Placentia, CaliforniaAtwood, Placentia, CaliforniaAtwood is a small neighborhood in Placentia, California. It was named for W. J. Atwood, an oil company executive, and was formerly an unincorporated town within Orange County. Its unofficial boundaries are defined roughly as the area of Placentia in the square formed by Orangethorpe Ave., Van Buren...
- Atwood, ColoradoAtwood, ColoradoAtwood is a census-designated place in Logan County, Colorado, United States. The population was 133 at the 2010 census. The Atwood Post Office has the ZIP Code 80722.-Geography:Atwood is located at ....
- Atwood, IllinoisAtwood, IllinoisAtwood is a village in Douglas and Piatt County, Illinois, United States. Main Street separates Piatt County and Douglas County to the east of Main Street is Douglas County, the west is Piatt County...
- Atwood, IndianaAtwood, IndianaAtwood is an unincorporated town in Prairie Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.-Geography:Atwood is located at . Atwood takes in and is near Hoffman Lake.-Notable natives:*Hobart Creighton, Republican candidate for Indiana governor, 1948...
- Atwood, KansasAtwood, KansasAtwood is a city in and the county seat of Rawlins County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,194.-History:...
- Atwood, KentuckyAtwood, KentuckyAtwood is an unincorporated community in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The community is located on Kentucky Route 17 south of Nicholson....
- Atwood, Michigan
- Atwood, OklahomaAtwood, OklahomaAtwood is a town in Hughes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 113 at the 2000 census.-History:Named for Chester C. Atwood, an early settler of what would later became Hughes County, Oklahoma, an educated farmer, extensive area landowner, and elected Commissioner of Hughes...
- Atwood, PennsylvaniaAtwood, PennsylvaniaAtwood is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 112 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Atwood is located at ....
- Atwood, TennesseeAtwood, TennesseeAtwood is a town in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 938 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...
- Atwood, WisconsinAtwood, WisconsinAtwood is an unincorporated community located in the town of Green Grove, Clark County, Wisconsin, United States....
People
- Brett AtwoodBrett AtwoodBrett Atwood is a website editor, content strategist and former print and online journalist whose writings have appeared in Billboard, Rolling Stone, Vibe, Hollywood Reporter and other publications. Atwood has held managing editor positions at leading Internet sites Amazon.com, Secondlife.com and...
, a journalist, online editor and academic - Casey AtwoodCasey AtwoodCasey Lee Atwood is an American race car driver. Atwood is currently a free agent in NASCAR. He married his longtime girlfriend, Laura, in 2005. Atwood and Laura have two daughters, Kaylee and Emma...
, an American NASCAR driver - Charles B. AtwoodCharles B. AtwoodCharles B. Atwood was an architect who designed several buildings and a large number of secondary structures for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He also designed a number of notable buildings in the city of Chicago....
, American architect - Colleen AtwoodColleen AtwoodColleen Atwood is an American costume designer.Atwood has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design nine times and won Academy Awards for the movies Chicago in 2002, Memoirs of a Geisha in 2006, and Alice in Wonderland in 2011. Atwood has collaborated several times with...
, an Academy Award-winning costume designer - Donald J. Atwood Jr.Donald J. Atwood Jr.Donald Jesse Atwood Jr. was appointed Deputy Secretary of Defense for U.S. President George H. W. Bush in 1989. Atwood played a major role in one of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century - taking man to the moon and back...
, a US Deputy Secretary of Defense - Donna AtwoodDonna AtwoodDonna Atwood was an American figure skater. She competed in pair skating and won the gold medal at the 1941 United States Figure Skating Championships with partner Eugene Turner. In 1949, she married John H. Harris, the first owner of the Ice Capades, with whom she had two children...
, an American figure skater - Duncan AtwoodDuncan AtwoodDuncan Fuller Atwood is a former American athlete who twice won a gold medal in the javelin throw at the Pan American Games: in 1979 and 1987. He competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing in 11th place...
, an American javelin thrower - George AtwoodGeorge AtwoodGeorge Atwood was an English mathematician who invented a machine for illustrating the effects of Newton's first law of motion...
, an English mathematician, inventor of the Atwood machineAtwood machineThe Atwood machine was invented in 1784 by Rev. George Atwood as a laboratory experiment to verify the mechanical laws of motion with constant acceleration... - Harry Atwood, (1884-1967) a pioneer American aviator, landed Wright aeroplane on White House South Lawn, 1911. Given gold medal by President Taft for this feat
- J. Leland Atwood, a pioneer aerospace engineer
- Jane Evelyn AtwoodJane Evelyn AtwoodJane Evelyn Atwood is an American photographer living in Paris since 1971.Jane Evelyn Atwood defines herself more as a photographer of projects rather than a photojournalist. Her photographic projects can take several years in order to go deep into the topic. Her photography study of women in...
, American photographer - Jeanette AtwoodJeanette AtwoodJeanette 'Jett' Atwood is an American animator and cartoonist currently living in San Francisco. A graduate of classical animation at Sheridan College, Jett has worked on numerous video games and short films as a storyboard artist, animator, and writer. Ms. Atwood has contributed animation to ...
, American animator - Margaret AtwoodMargaret AtwoodMargaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...
, a Canadian novelist and literary critic - Wallace Walter AtwoodWallace Walter AtwoodWallace Walter Atwood was an American geographer and geologist.Wallace Walter Atwood main contribution was his idea of Global Species Consolidation. He theorized that men follow a set path in their evolution. The first stage is Dispersion, which represents migration from a point of origin...
, an American geographer and geologist
Other
- Atwood (crater)Atwood (crater)Atwood is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the Mare Fecunditatis, to the northwest of the prominent crater Langrenus. It forms a triple-crater formation with Naonobu attached to the north rim and Bilharz near the west rim. All three were satellite craters of Langrenus before being...
, a crater on the moon named after George Atwood - Atwood OceanicsAtwood OceanicsAtwood Oceanics, Inc. is an offshore oil and gas drilling company. It participates in drilling in exploratory regions around the world. Atwood Oceanics Pacific Limited and related subsidiaries...
, an Offshore Drilling firm, a subsidiary of Helmerich & Payne, Idc. - Atwood StadiumAtwood StadiumAtwood Stadium is an 11,000-seat stadium located in Flint, Michigan. It opened on June 8, 1929 and was named after Edwin W. Atwood who donated a portion of the site for the stadium. It has hosted high school football, minor-league baseball, and concerts over the years. Atwood still hosts high...
, an athletic facility in Flint, Michigan