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 Gill ...

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

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, f ...

, 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 country house and estate in Atherton historically a part of Lancashire, England. The hall was built between 1723 and 1742 and demolished in 1824. Christopher Saxton's map shows there was a medieval deer park here in the time o ...

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

Atherton station Atherton station is a former Caltrain station in Atherton, California. The station had one side platform and one island platform serving the two tracks of the Peninsula Subdivision, with a concrete and wooden shelter on the west side of the tra ...

, a station on the Caltrain railway line in this town ** Atherton House, 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 Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous ...

, 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 Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the ...

* 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

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 Athert ...

, 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. Not ...

, 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 Distric ...

, 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), a Pennsylvania State University dormitory

Vermont

* Atherton Farmstead, 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, Dominican agronomist and environmentalist * Atherton Rawstorne (1855–1936), British Bishop of Whalley * Atherton Seidell (1878–1961), American chemist and library scientist * Atherton Thayer, sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts from 1794 to 1798

Science

* Atherton–Todd reaction, 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 (''Delma mitella''), a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae endemic to Australia * Atherton oak, the common name of the tall Australian tree ''Athertonia diversifolia'' *'' Athertonia'', the monotypic genus of the Atherton oak, from the family * '' Rubus probus'' 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., a former English association football team based in Atherton, Greater Manchester * Atherton Laburnum Rovers F.C., 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