Atwood, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Atwood is an unincorporated town in Prairie Township
, Kosciusko County
, Indiana
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Prairie Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Prairie Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,590.-External links:* *...
, Kosciusko County
Kosciusko County, Indiana
Kosciusko County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. Census 2010 recorded the population at 77,358. The county seat is Warsaw.The county was formed in 1836. It was named after the Polish general Tadeusz Kościuszko, who served in the American Revolutionary War, and then returned to...
, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
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Geography
Atwood is located at 41°15′39"N 85°58′31"W. Atwood takes in and is near Hoffman Lake.Notable natives
- Hobart Creighton, Republican candidate for Indiana governor, 1948
- Emery Andrew RovenstineEmery Andrew RovenstineEmery Andrew Rovenstine was an American anesthesiologist and a leader in the fields of anesthesiology.- Medical career :Dr. Rovenstine was born in the year 1895, in Atwood, Indiana, where he clerked at his father’s grocery store...
, renowned anesthesiologist - Jack Kintzel "The Hogfather"