Atwood is a small town located in Perth County, Ontario, Canada.

The settlement dates back to 1854 when it was originally named “Elma Centre”.

The current name, Atwood, was suggested in 1883 by William Dunn after his niece Eliza Gray, of Detroit, had noticed that the new hamlet was surrounded by woods .

In 2011, Kenneth Rea, a volunteer firefighter from Atwood, was killed battling a fire in Listowel when the roof of the building collapsed.

This Southwestern Ontario geographical article is a stub.