Welcome to Atwater ...
Atwater is located in Dodge County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Atwater, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.
Atwater is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Atwater lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Atwater: 920 & 274<3>
Communities Also Named Atwater ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Atwater - they are located in California (2), Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Saskatchewan.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Atwater.
Communities near Atwater ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Atwater.
- Beaver Dam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
- Waupun
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Mayville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Horicon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Juneau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Juneau
- From Atwater to Juneau
- Lomira
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lomira
- From Atwater to Lomira
- Fall River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Fall River
- From Atwater to Fall River
- Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Fox Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Markesan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Atwater. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Atwater.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Atwater. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Atwater.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Atwater. See our Newspapers Page for Atwater.
Adding Atwater to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Atwater in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Atwater was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
X2X - From that list, the Atwater post office opened in 1858.
We also found Atwater in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Atwater.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Atwater. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dodge County: www.co.dodge.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Dodge, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Atwater - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Atwater area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Atwater area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |