Bates may refer to:

Places

Bates, Arkansas Bates is an unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas, United States. It is the location or nearest community of Bates School, at 1074 Bates School Rd., which is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places The National ...

, an unincorporated community *

Bates, Illinois Bates is an unincorporated community in New Berlin Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. Bates is located on the Norfolk Southern Railway The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States forme ...

. an unincorporated community in Sangamon County * Bates, Michigan, a community in Grand Traverse County *

Bates, New York Ellington is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 1,493 at the 2020 census. History The first settler arrived ''circa'' 1814. The town of Ellington was formed on April 1, 1824 from the town of Gerry, and C ...

, a hamlet in the town of Ellington in Chautauqua County * Bates, Oregon, unincorporated community in Grant County *

Bates County, Missouri Bates County is a county located in the west central part of the U.S. state of Missouri, two counties south of the Missouri River and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,042. Its county se ...

, county in Missouri * Bates Island, Biscoe Islands, Antarctica *

Bates Island (Massachusetts) Bates Island is a forested and uninhabited island located in Lake Chaubunagungamaug in Webster, Massachusetts, Webster, Massachusetts. References

Lake islands of Massachusetts Islands of Worcester County, Massachusetts Uninhabited isla ...

, Island in Lake Chaubunagungamaug *

Bates Point Bates Point () is an ice-covered headland forming the north side of the entrance to Yule Bay, along the north coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The geographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from ...

, in Victoria Land, Antarctica *

Bates Pond (Carver, Massachusetts) Bates Pond is a pond in Carver, Massachusetts. The pond is located south of Edaville Railroad. Huckleberry Corner lies along the southern shore of the pond. The water quality is impaired due to non-native plants in the pond. External linksEnvir ...

, Twenty-acre pond * Bates State Park, in Grant County, Oregon * Bates Township, Michigan, in Iron County

People

* Bates (surname), a common surname * Bates family, a banking family in the United States and the United Kingdom * Bates Gill (born 1959), American political scientist * Bates Lowry (1923–2004), American art historian

Organizations

Colleges and universities

Bates College Bates College () is a Private college, private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Anchored by the Historic Quad, the Campus of Bates College, campus of Bates totals with a small urban campus which includes 33 Victorian Houses as some of th ...

, a liberal arts college founded in 1855 in Lewiston, Maine *

Bates Technical College Bates Technical College is a public technical college located in Tacoma, Washington, US. The college offers two-year Associate of Applied Science degrees, academic certificates, and industry certifications. Bates is accredited by the Northwest Com ...

, a technical college founded in 1940 in Tacoma, Washington * Bates Theological Seminary, also known as Cobb Divinity School

Companies and industries

* Bates 141, an advertising agency renamed Bates in 2011 *

Bates Mill The Bates Mill is a textile factory company founded in 1850 and located at 35 Canal Street in Lewiston, Maine. The mill served as Maine's largest employer through the 1860s, and early profits from the mill provided much of the initial capital for ...

, a factory founded 1854 in Lewiston, Maine, producing textiles, also the site of an industrial park

Transportation and vehicles

BATES Bates may refer to: Places * Bates, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Bates, Illinois. an unincorporated community in Sangamon County * Bates, Michigan, a community in Grand Traverse County * Bates, New York, a hamlet in the town of Ellingt ...

, an acronym for BAllistic Test and Evaluation System *

Bates (automobile) The Bates was an automobile manufactured in Lansing, Michigan, by the Bates Automobile Company from 1903 to 1905. The Bates was the brainchild of M.F. Bates, who was vice-president of the company. History Bates Automobile was organized on May ...

, an automobile manufactured by the Bates Automobile Company *

Bates Monoplane The Bates Monoplane was a pioneering aircraft built by Carl Sterling Bates in 1911. Design and development Bates developed his first aircraft, a piloted kite in 1898 at the age of 14 at Clear Lake, Iowa. Later as a student of Octave Chanute, h ...

, a pioneering aircraft built by Carl Sterling Bates in 1911

Other

Bates method The Bates method is an ineffective and potentially dangerous alternative therapy aimed at improving eyesight. Eye-care physician William Horatio Bates (1860–1931) held the erroneous belief that the extraocular muscles effected changes ...

, a method of vision improvement *

Bates numbering Bates numbering (also known as Bates stamping, Bates branding, Bates coding or Bates labeling) is a method of sequentially numbering pages with a reference number. A hand-operated Bates numbering device is used to "stamp" a number on a page, and ...

, a number system for standardized document identification used in the legal, medical, and business fields *

The Bates __NOTOC__ The Bates were a German punk band, founded in Eschwege, federal state of Hessen, in 1987. The name referred to the character Norman Bates from Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film, ''Psycho''. The Bates were mainly known for their cover v ...

, a German punk band * Bates Uniform Footwear, a brand of footwear owned by

Wolverine World Wide Wolverine World Wide, Inc. or Wolverine Worldwide, is a publicly traded American footwear manufacturer based in Rockford, Michigan. The shoemaker is known for its eponymous brand, Wolverine Boots and Shoes, as well as other brands, such as Hush ...