Atwater is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Upson County
Upson County is a County (United States), county in the West Central Georgia, West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 27,700. The county seat i ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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.
History
A post office called Atwater was established in 1901, and remained in operation until 1907. The community was incorporated in 1902.
References
Unincorporated communities in Upson County, Georgia
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