Atherton may refer to:

Places

Australia

Atherton, Queensland Atherton is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Atherton had a population of 7,331 people. Geography Atherton is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. Atherton is joined by the Gil ...

, a town on the Atherton Tablelands of Far North Queensland *

Atherton Tableland The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. The principal river flowing across the plateau is the Barron River. It was dammed to form an irrigation reservoir named Lake Tina ...

, a fertile plateau in Queensland *

Shire of Atherton The Shire of Atherton was a local government area of Queensland. It was located on the Atherton Tableland, a plateau forming part of the Great Dividing Range west of the city of Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Atherton, cov ...

, a former local government area of Queensland on the Atherton Tableland **

Atherton Courthouse Atherton Courthouse is located at 81 Main Street, Atherton in Queensland, Australia. The courthouse was built in 1941 and features timber panels constructed from rare quilted, Queensland rainforest maple, which is no longer milled in Austral ...

Atherton Performing Arts Theatre Atherton Performing Arts Theatre is a heritage-listed former military depot and now theatre at 6 Silo Street, Atherton, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1943. It is also known as Atherton WWII Igloo. It was added to th ...

, former military depot and now theatre ** Atherton War Cemetery, built in 1942 **

Atherton War Memorial Atherton War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Kennedy Highway, Atherton, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1924. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History The Atherton War ...

, memorial at Kennedy Highway

Canada

* Atherton, Ontario, a hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario *

Mount Atherton Mount Atherton is a mountain in Canada. It is located in the province of Yukon, in the western part of the country, 4,100 km west of the capital Ottawa. The peak of Mount Atherton is 1,892 metres above sea level, or 625 metres above the surround ...

, a mountain in Yukon

Malaysia

* Ladang Atherton, part of the electoral district N.31 Bagan Pinang,

Port Dickson Port Dickson (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Podeksen'', Jawi: ) is a beach resort in Port Dickson District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is the second largest urban area in Negeri Sembilan after Seremban, its state capital. The town's adminis ...

United Kingdom

Atherton, Greater Manchester Atherton () is a town in Greater Manchester, England and historically a part of Lancashire. The town, including Hindsford, Howe Bridge and Hag Fold, is south of Bolton, east of Wigan, and northwest of Manchester. From the 17th century, for ...

, town in Wigan district, historically in Lancashire, England **

Atherton (ward) Atherton is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It forms part of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council The Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough ...

, electoral ward **

Atherton Hall, Leigh Atherton Hall was a English country houses, country house and estate in Atherton, Greater Manchester, Atherton Historic counties of England, historically a part of Lancashire, England. The hall was built between 1723 and 1742 and demolished in 182 ...

, country house and estate **

Atherton Urban District Atherton was, from 1863 to 1974, a local government district in Lancashire, England. History The township of Atherton historically lay in the large ecclesiastical parish of Leigh and Leigh Poor Law Union formed in 1837. In 1863 Atherton Local ...

, local government district from 1863 until 1974 **

Atherton High School, Greater Manchester Atherton High School (formerly Atherton Community School & Hesketh Fletcher CofE High School) is a mixed Secondary school and sixth form located in Atherton in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is ...

, mixed secondary free school *

Atherton Line Atherton may refer to: Places Australia * Atherton, Queensland, a town on the Atherton Tablelands of Far North Queensland * Atherton Tableland, a fertile plateau in Queensland * Shire of Atherton, a former local government area of Queensland on ...

, section of the Manchester-Southport Line, between Wigan and Salford **

Atherton railway station Atherton railway station serves the town of Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the line between Wigan and Manchester on the Manchester to Southport Line; according to Office of Rail and Road figures, it is the third busiest stati ...

Atherton Bag Lane railway station Atherton Bag Lane railway station served an area of Atherton, Greater Manchester in what was then Lancashire, England. It was located on the Bolton and Leigh Railway line which ran from Bolton Great Moor Street to Leigh Station and the Leeds ...

, a former station

United States

California

Atherton, California Atherton () is an List of municipalities in California, incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, San Mateo County, California, United States. Its population was 7,188 as of 2020. Atherton is known for its wealth; in 1990 and 2019, Athe ...

, a town in San Mateo County in the San Francisco Bay Area **

Atherton station Atherton station is a former Caltrain train station, station in Atherton, California. The station had one side platform and one island platform serving the two tracks of the Peninsula Subdivision (California), Peninsula Subdivision, with a concr ...

, a station on the Caltrain railway line in this town **

Atherton House The Atherton House, also known as the Faxon Atherton Mansion, is a historic building in San Francisco, California, United States. The style of the house, a blend of Queen Anne and Stick-Eastlake, has been described as both "eclectic" and "bizarr ...

, also known as the Faxon Atherton Mansion, a historic building in San Francisco, California **

Menlo-Atherton High School Menlo-Atherton High School (known as M-A to locals) is a four-year public charter secondary school located in Atherton, California. Menlo-Atherton is part of the Sequoia Union High School District.

, a four-year public comprehensive secondary school

Indiana

Atherton, Indiana Atherton is an unincorporated community in northern Otter Creek Township, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute metropolitan area The Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Wabash Valle ...

, an unincorporated community in Vigo County *

West Atherton, Indiana West Atherton or Atherton is an unincorporated community in southwestern Florida Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History A post office called Atherton was established in 1872, and remained in operation until 1881. The com ...

* Atherton Building,

Butler University Butler University is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university has over 60 major academic fields of study in six colleges: the Lacy School of Business, College of Communic ...

Hawaii

* Atherton Field, home of the

Hawaii Pacific Sharks The Hawaii Pacific Sharks are the 13 varsity athletic teams that represent Hawaii Pacific University, located in Honolulu, Hawaii, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Sharks compete as members of the Pacific West Conference. Hawaii P ...

Kentucky

Athertonville, Kentucky Athertonville is an unincorporated community located in LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. The community was originally named Medcalf when first established in April 1884, but was renamed the following month to Athertonville. History Atherto ...

, former home of Atherton pre-prohibition whiskey *

Atherton High School, Louisville Atherton High School is a public school in the Highlands district of Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and is part of the Jefferson County Public School district. It opened in 1924 Atherton Bridge The Atherton Bridge is a historic iron truss bridge in Lancaster, Massachusetts, spanning the South Branch of the Nashua River. It is a rare example of a hybrid pony truss that is similar to the 19th century truss design of Simeon S. Post. It was ...

, a historic iron truss bridge in Lancaster, Massachusetts, spanning the South Branch of the Nashua River

Missouri

Atherton, Missouri Atherton is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History A post office called Atherton was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1976. The community was named after a railroad employee. Nota ...

, an unincorporated community in Jackson County

Michigan

Atherton Community Schools Atherton High School is a public school in Burton, Michigan. Atherton Community School District is one of five public school districts serving Burton Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan and in the Genesee Intermediate School District. ...

, a school district in the city of Burton, Michigan * Atherton Settlement, within the city of

Burton, Michigan Burton is a city in Genesee County in the state of Michigan and a suburb of Flint. The population was 29,999 at the 2010 census, making Burton the second largest city in Genesee County. Neighborhoods * Belsay is on Belsay Road at the rail trac ...

North Carolina

* Atherton Mill station, a station on the Charlotte Trolley line in the South End of Charlotte, NC

Oklahoma

* The Atherton Hotel, within

Oklahoma State University Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...

campus

Pennsylvania

Atherton Hall (Penn State) The following is a list of the residence halls within the Pennsylvania State University system. University Park In addition to the following residence halls, the University Park campus provides housing in Eastview Terrace, White Course Apartm ...

, a Pennsylvania State University dormitory

Vermont

Atherton Farmstead The Atherton Farmstead is a historic farm property at 31 Greenbush Road in Cavendish, Vermont. The farmhouse, built in 1785, is one of the oldest in the rural community, and is its oldest known surviving tavern house. It was listed on the National ...

, a historic farm property in Cavendish, Vermont

Elsewhere

* Atherton Islands, off Antarctica *

Atherton Peak Atherton Peak () is a pyramidal peak, peak rising to about east of Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island, South Georgia. It was charted by Discovery Investigations, 1929–30, and named after Noel Atherton, cartographer in the British Admiralty, ...

, South Georgia

People

* Atherton (surname), includes a list of notable people with the surname *

Atherton Blight Atherton Blight (November 10, 1834 – November 4, 1909) was a Philadelphia lawyer, businessperson, author, diarist, and philanthropist who traveled extensively in the middle of the 19th century to Europe and the Middle East. Blight was also a fou ...

(1834–1909), American lawyer, diarist, and philanthropist who traveled extensively in the middle of the 19th century to Europe and the Middle East * Atherton D. Converse, American politician * Atherton Curtis (1863–1843), American art collector and art historian who lived in France *

Atherton Martín Atherton Martin is a Dominican agronomist and environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1998, for his efforts on protecting tropical forests from environments threats due to planned large copper mining operations. Refere ...

, Dominican agronomist and environmentalist *

Atherton Rawstorne Atherton Gwillym Rawstorne (9 July 18555 May 1936) was the Bishop of Whalley (a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Manchester, Diocese of Manchester until 1927, in the Diocese of Blackburn from 1927) from 1909 to 1936; and Archdeacon of B ...

(1855–1936), British Bishop of Whalley * Atherton Seidell (1878–1961), American chemist and library scientist *

Atherton Thayer Atherton Thayer was a Massachusetts farmer, military officer, town official, who served as the second sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts from 1794 to 1798. Overview He was appointed to fill the vacancy upon resignation of his half-brother ...

, sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts from 1794 to 1798

Science

Atherton–Todd reaction The Atherton-Todd reaction is a name reaction in organic chemistry, which goes back to the British chemists F. R. Atherton, H. T. Openshaw and A. R. Todd. These described the reaction for the first time in 1945 as a method of converting Dialkyl pho ...

, in organic chemistry *

Jiles–Atherton model The Jiles–Atherton model of magnetic hysteresis was introduced in 1984 by David Jiles and D. L. Atherton. This is one of the most popular models of magnetic hysteresis. Its main advantage is the fact that this model enables connection with physic ...

, magnetic hysteresis model

Organisms

* Atherton antechinus (''Antechinus godmani''), also known as Godman's antechinus, a species of small carnivorous marsupial native to Australia *

Atherton delma The Atherton delma (''Delma mitella'') is a species of lizard in the Pygopodidae family endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defi ...

(''Delma mitella''), a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae endemic to Australia *

Atherton oak ''Athertonia'' is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Proteaceae. The sole described species is ''Athertonia diversifolia'', commonly known as Atherton oak, athertonia, creamy silky oak or white oak. It is endemic to a small part of the W ...

, the common name of the tall Australian tree ''Athertonia diversifolia'' *''

Athertonia ''Athertonia'' is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Proteaceae. The sole described species is ''Athertonia diversifolia'', commonly known as Atherton oak, athertonia, creamy silky oak or white oak. It is endemic to a small part of the ...

'', the monotypic genus of the Atherton oak, from the family * ''

Rubus probus ''Rubus probus'', commonly known as Atherton raspberry or wild raspberry, is a scrambling shrub in the family Rosaceae native to Malesia and Queensland. Atherton raspberry is a rampant grower and, like most ''Rubus'' species, can form dense th ...

'' or Atherton raspberry, a wild tropical raspberry species native to Papua New Guinea and parts of Australia *

Atherton sauropus ''Sauropus macranthus'', commonly known as pumpkin fruit, pumpkin bush or Atherton sauropus, is a rainforest tree from Asia, Malesia and north-east Queensland. It is listed as "vulnerable" under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Bi ...

(''Sauropus macranthus''), a rainforest tree from Asia, Melanesia and north-east Queensland *

Atherton scrubwren The Atherton scrubwren (''Sericornis keri'') is a bird species. Placed in the family Pardalotidae in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this has met with opposition and indeed is now known to be wrong; they rather belong to the independent family A ...

(''Sericornis keri''), an Australian bird species

Sports

Atherton F.C. Atherton F.C. was an English Association football, football club located in Atherton, Greater Manchester, Atherton, in Lancashire. The club spent most of its history in the Lancashire Combination. History The club, then known as Atherton Church H ...

, a former English association football team based in Atherton, Greater Manchester *

Atherton Laburnum Rovers F.C. Atherton Laburnum Rovers Football Club is a football club based in Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. Full members of the Lancashire County FA, they are currently members of the and play at Crilly Park. History The club were established ...

, an English association football team based in Atherton, Greater Manchester. * Atherton Collieries A.F.C., an English association football team based in Atherton, Greater Manchester. *

Atherton Roosters The Cairns District Rugby League was formed on 5 August 1918 and is the administrative body for the game of rugby league football in Cairns, Queensland. The CDRL runs senior, junior and women's club competitions and has its headquarters at Barlow ...

, a Cairns, Queensland Rugby team

Other uses

* '' Atherton: The House of Power'', a book by Patrick Carman * USS ''Atherton'', a 1943 World War II ''Cannon'' class destroyer escort {{disambiguation, geo, given name