| Official Name: | Atwood, Colorado |
| Settlement Type: | Census Designated Place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Atwood CDP in the |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Logan County |
| Government Type: | unincorporated town |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.678 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.678 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.000 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 138 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 40.5505°N -103.2746°W |
| Elevation M: | 1220 |
| Elevation Ft: | 4003 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code[3] |
| Postal Code: | 80722 |
| Area Code: | 970 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature[4] |
| Blank Info: | Atwood CDP |
Atwood is an unincorporated town, a post office, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Logan County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Sterling, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Atwood post office has the ZIP Code 80722.[3] At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Atwood CDP was 138.
The Atwood post office has been in operation since 1885.[5] The community was named after John Atwood, a Unitarian minister.[6] [7]
Atwood is located in southwestern Logan County. U.S. Route 6 passes through the community, leading northeast 7miles to Sterling, the county seat, and southwest 6miles to Merino. Colorado State Highway 63 leads south from Atwood 3miles to Exit 115 on Interstate 76 and to Akron.
The Atwood CDP has an area of 2.678km2, all land.[1]
This climate type occurs mostly on the outsides of the true deserts, in low-latitude semi-arid steppe regions. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "BSk". (Tropical and Subtropical Steppe Climate).[8]
The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the