Atwater, Ohio

Atwater Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,762 people in the township.GeographyLocated in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Edinburg Township - northPalmyra Township - northeast cornerDeerfield Township - eastLexington Township, Stark County - southMarlboro Township, Stark County - southwestRandolph Township - westRootstown Township - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Atwater Township, although the census-designated place of Atwater is located in the center of the township.Name and historyAtwater Township is named for Capt. Caleb Atwater, a landowner in the Connecticut Western Reserve. It is the only Atwater Township statewide.