Atwood is an unincorporated community in Prairie Township, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

[1] Originally named "Mount Ruska," Atwood was laid out as a village on September 29, 1857.

It was an important trading point due to the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway passing through its boundaries.

By a petition of the citizens in 1865, the town's name was officially changed to Atwood.

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