Atwood is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Prairie Township,

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, in the

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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. The post office at Atwood has been in operation since 1864.

Geography

Atwood is located at , near Hoffman Lake.

Schools

Atwood was home to the Atwood Greyhounds. Those who had attended Atwood Elementary now attend

Warsaw Community High School Warsaw Community High School is a public high school located in Warsaw, Indiana, the county seat of Kosciusko County Kosciusko County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. At the 2020 United States Census, its population was 80,240. The ...

Notable people

Harold Achor Harold Edward Achor (November 16, 1907 – February 5, 1967) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 3, 1955 to December 12, 1966.Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and ...

; Justice of the

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Emery Andrew Rovenstine Emery Andrew Rovenstine (July 20, 1895 – November 9, 1960) was an American anesthesiologist best known for organizing the first academic Department of Anesthesiology at New York's Bellevue Hospital. He also helped develop the anesthetic use for ...

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

References

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