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Atwater, California Atwater is a city on California State Route 99, State Route 99 in Merced County, California, Merced County, California, United States. Atwater is west-northwest of Merced, California, Merced, at an elevation of . The population as of the 2020 Uni ...

, a city in Merced County, California * Atwater Village, Los Angeles, a neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California *

Atwater, Georgia Atwater is an unincorporated community in Upson County, in the U.S. state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States ...

Atwater, Illinois Atwater is an unincorporated rural hamlet in Shaws Point Township, Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. Atwater is east-southeast of Standard City. There are several homes there, and a grainery, with no other businesses or services. Atwa ...

Atwater, Minnesota Atwater is a city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,124 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total a ...

* Atwater Township, Portage County, Ohio **

Atwater (CDP), Ohio Atwater is a census-designated place (CDP) in Portage County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 758. It is located in the central part of Atwater Township, of which it is a part. Atwater is part of the Akro ...

, a census-designated place in the township * Atwater, Saskatchewan, a village in Saskatchewan, Canada *

Atwater, Wisconsin Atwater is an unincorporated community located in the town of Chester, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States. It was named Mill Creek until a settler from Atwater, Ohio Atwater Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, ...

People with the surname

Ann Atwater Ann George Atwater (July 1, 1935 – June 20, 2016) was an American civil rights activist in Durham, North Carolina. Throughout her career she helped improve the quality of life in Durham through programs such as Operation Breakthrough (Durham, ...

(1935–2016), American civil rights activist * Barry Atwater (1918–1978), American actor *

Caleb Atwater Caleb Atwater (December 1778 – March 13, 1867) was an American politician, historian, and early archaeologist in the state of Ohio. He served several terms as a state politician and was appointed as United States postmaster of Circleville, Ohio ...

(1778–1867), American politician, historian, and early archaeologist *

Dorence Atwater Dorence Atwater (February 3, 1845 - November 26, 1910) was a Union Army soldier and later a businessman and diplomat who served as the United States Consul to Tahiti. In July 1863, during the American Civil War, Atwater was captured by the Confe ...

(1845–1910), American civil war soldier known for keeping the "Atwater List" of Union fatalities *

Edwin Atwater Edwin Atwater (September 14, 1808 in Williston, Vermont – June 18, 1874 in Montreal) was a Canadian businessman, corporate director and municipal politician in Montreal. Atwater immigrated to Lower Canada in 1830 settling in Montreal. He se ...

(1808–1874), municipal alderman in Montreal for the district of Saint-Antoine *

Harry Atwater Harry Albert Atwater, Jr. is an American physicist and materials scientist and is the Otis Booth Leadership Chair of the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology. Currently he is the Howard Hughes Pro ...

(born 1960), professor of physics at California Institute of Technology *

Helen W. Atwater Helen Woodard Atwater (29 May 1876 – 26 June 1947) was an American writer, home economics specialist and the first full-time editor of the ''Journal of Home Economics''. Life Atwater was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, and graduated from Smi ...

(1876–1947), American author, home economist and editor * Isaac Atwater (1818–1906), American jurist * Jeff Atwater (born 1958), American politician *

Jeremiah Atwater Jeremiah Atwater (December 27, 1773 – July 29, 1858) was notable as an educator, minister, and college president. Atwater became principal of the Addison County Grammar School in 1799 and, a year later, when the school became Middlebury Coll ...

(born 1773), American educator, minister, and President of Middlebury College *

John Atwater John Atwater was an Irish merchant and Mayor of Cork known for his support of Perkin Warbeck the pretender to the English Crown. Atwater was a prominent Yorkist supporter opposed to the rule of the Tudor Dynasty led by Henry VII. After Warbeck's ...

(died 1499), Irish politician * Lee Atwater (1951–1991), American Republican political strategist *

Mary Meigs Atwater Mary Meigs Atwater (February 28, 1878 – September 5, 1956) was an American weaver. She revived handweaving in America by collecting weaving drafts, teaching and writing; ''Handweaver and Craftsman'' called Atwater "the grand dame and grand moth ...

(1878-1956), American handweaver, author, founder of the Shuttle-craft Guild *

Reuben Atwater Reuben Atwater, also known as Reuben Attwater (May 11, 1768 – February 1831) was the Secretary of Michigan Territory and served as acting governor during 1811–1812. Biography Reuben Atwater was born in 1768, in Vermont, the son of Reuben Attwat ...

(1768–1831), American politician * Richard M. Atwater (1844–1922), American chemist * Richard and Florence Atwater (1892–1948; 1899–1979), authors of the children's book ''Mr. Popper's Penguins'' *

Steve Atwater Stephen Dennis Atwater (born October 28, 1966) is an American former professional football player who spent most of his career playing free safety for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). Atwater and Dennis Smith made up a ...

(born 1966), former Denver Broncos and New York Jets Free Safety *

Tanya Atwater Tanya Atwater (born 1942) is an American geophysicist and marine geologist who specializes in plate tectonics. She is particularly renowned for her early research on the plate tectonic history of western North America. Early life and education At ...

(born 1942), professor of geological sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara who specializes in plate tectonics *

Tony Atwater Tony K. Atwater, is the former president of Norfolk State University. Education Atwater holds a 1972 A.S.S. in television and radio production from Virginia Western Community College. He graduated from Hampton University with a BA, magna cum lau ...

, president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania * Wilbur Olin Atwater (1844–1907), American developer of the respiration calorimeter *

William Atwater (curator) William Felix "Jack" Atwater (born November 12, 1945) is an author and former Director of the United States Army Ordnance Museum in Aberdeen, Maryland, United States. Atwater is also a frequent guest contributor to a variety of television progr ...

(born 1945), Director of the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum in Maryland

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Atwater (Montreal Metro) Atwater station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line on the border between the city of Westmount and Mon ...

, a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro *

Atwater Avenue Atwater Avenue (officially in french: avenue Atwater) is a major north–south street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It links Doctor Penfield Avenue in the Ville-Marie borough to the north, and Henri Duhamel Street in the Verdun borough to ...

, a street in Montreal * Atwater Library of the Mechanics' Institute of Montreal, an independent library in Montreal operated by the Mechanics' Institute of Montreal *

Atwater Market Atwater Market (''Marché Atwater'') is a market hall located in the Saint-Henri area of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened in 1933. The interior market is home to many butchers and the Première Moisson bakery and restaurant. The outside mar ...

, a public market in Montreal * ''

Atwater v. City of Lago Vista ''Atwater v. Lago Vista'', 532 U.S. 318 (2001), was a Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court decision which held that a person's Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Fourth Amendment rights are not violated w ...

'', a United States Supreme Court case *

United States Penitentiary, Atwater The United States Penitentiary, Atwater (USP Atwater) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Merced County, California. The institution also includes a minimum-security satellite camp. It is operated by t ...

, a prison near Atwater, California * The

Atwater system The Atwater system, named after Wilbur Olin Atwater, or derivatives of this system are used for the calculation of the available energy of foods. The system was developed largely from the experimental studies of Atwater and his colleagues in the ...

for calculating the energy content of food (named after Wilbur Olin Atwater)

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