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 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 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, 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
Companies and industries Bates 141, an advertising agency renamed Bates in 2011 Bates Mill, a factory founded 1854 in Lewiston, Maine, producing textiles, also the site of an industrial park
Transportation and vehicles BATES, an acronym for BAllistic Test and Evaluation System Bates (automobile), an automobile manufactured by the Bates Automobile Company Bates Monoplane, a pioneering aircraft built by Carl Sterling Bates in 1911
Other Bates method, a method of vision improvement Bates numbering, a number system for standardized document identification used in the legal, medical, and business fields The Bates, a German punk band Bates Uniform Footwear, a brand of footwear owned by Wolverine World Wide Battlefield Artillery Target Engagement System (BATES), a force-multiplier computer system procured for the British Army from Marconi Electronic Systems
See also Bates House (disambiguation) Bates Motel (disambiguation) Justice Bates (disambiguation) Bate (disambiguation)