Bates

Bates is a common surname.

Bates may also refer to:

Places

Bates, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
Bates, Idaho, an unincorporated community
Bates, Illinois. an unicorporated community in Sangamon County
Bates, Michigan, a community in Grand Traverse County
Bates, New York, a hamlet in the town of Ellington in Chautauqua County
Bates, Oregon, unincorporated community in Grant County
Bates County, Missouri, county in Missouri
Bates Island, Biscoe Islands, Antarctica
Bates Island (Massachusetts), Island in Lake Chaubunagungamaug
Bates Point, in Victoria Land, Antarctica
Bates Pond (Carver, Massachusetts), Twenty-acre pond
Bates Township, Michigan, in Iron County
Bates Park Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, Iowa
Bates State Park, in Grant County, Oregon
Bates Turkey Farm, in Fort Deposit, Alabama

Bates College, a liberal arts college founded in 1855 in Lewiston, Maine
Bates Technical College, a technical college founded in 1940 in Tacoma, Washington
Bates Theological Seminary, also known as Cobb Divinity School

Bates 141, advertising agency renamed Bates in 2011
Bates Mill, a factory founded 1854 in Lewiston, Maine, producing textiles, also the site of an industrial park

Bates method, a method of vision improvement
Bates numbering, a number system for standardized document identification used in the legal, medical, and business fields.
Bates Uniform Footwear, a brand of footwear owned by Wolverine World Wide