{"id":24804,"count":5,"description":"Atwater is a city on U.S. Route 99 in Merced County, California, United States. Atwater is 8 miles (13\u00a0km) west-northwest of Merced, at an elevation of 151 feet (46 m). The population as of the 2010 census was 28,168.\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.1 square miles (16\u00a0km). 99.86% of it is land and 0.14% water.\nThe city includes Castle Air Museum, but does not include Castle Air Force Base proper.\nThe railroad reached Atwater in the 1870s, and a town grew up. The first post office opened in 1880. Atwater incorporated in 1922. The name honors Marshall D. Atwater, a wheat farmer whose land was used by the railroad for its station.\nThe 2010 United States Census reported that Atwater had a population of 28,168. The population density was 4,620.8 people per square mile (1,784.1\/km\u00b2). The racial makeup of Atwater was 18,410 (65.4%) White, 1,225 (4.3%) African American, 364 (1.3%) Native American, 1,416 (5.0%) Asian, 76 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 5...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/atwater\/","name":"Atwater","slug":"atwater","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/24804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=24804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}