Atwater, Wisconsin

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Atwater, Wisconsin
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Coordinates: 43°33′39″N88°44′04″W / 43.56083°N 88.73444°W / 43.56083; -88.73444
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Dodge County
Town Chester
Elevation
284 m (932 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 920
GNIS feature ID1577499 [1]

Atwater is an unincorporated community located in the town of Chester, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] It was named Mill Creek until a settler from Atwater, Ohio changed the name to Atwater in 1856. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Atwater, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Gard, Robert (2015). The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names (2nd ed.). Madison, WI: Wisconsin Historical Society Press. p. 14. ISBN   978-0-87020-707-5.


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