Atwood | |
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Neighborhood | |
  Atwood | |
| Coordinates: 33°51′57″N 117°49′51″W / 33.86589°N 117.83091°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Orange County |
| City | Placentia |
| Time zone | UTC-8 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 |
| Website | City of Placentia |
Atwood is a small predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood in Placentia, California, United States.[1] Atwood's unofficial boundaries are defined roughly as the area of Placentia in the square formed by Orangethorpe Avenue, Van Buren Street, Lakeview Road, and Miraloma Avenue. There is a post office in Atwood with a ZIP code of 92811. However, this ZIP code is only used for PO boxes. All non-PO box addresses in Atwood are listed as "Placentia" by the United States Postal Service (with the exception of the post office itself: 1679 E. Orangethorpe Avenue, Atwood, CA 92811).[2]
There is a small business area of the community along Orangethorpe Ave. that includes the post office and restaurants, markets, a bar and other stores that cater to the area's predominantly Latino population. The Parque de Los Ninos city park can be found in the area along with a portion of a busy line of the BNSF Railway that runs parallel to Orangethorpe Ave.
- ^ Vallejo, Jody (2012). Barrios to Burbs: The Making of the Mexican American Middle Class. Stanford University Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780804783163.
- ^ "Atwood Post Office". Postal Locations.