Backus is a surname.

Backus may also refer to:

Places in the United States Backusburg, Kentucky, an unincorporated community Backusburg Mounds, an archeological site in Calloway County, Kentucky Backus Beach, Michigan, an unincorporated community Backus Township, Michigan Backus Creek State Game Area Backus, Minnesota, a city Backus, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Blennerhassett Island, West Virginia, originally known as Backus Island

Other uses William W. Backus Hospital, a community hospital in Norwich, Connecticut Backus Water Motor Company of Newark, New Jersey, which produced an early split cycle engine Backus and Johnston, a Peruvian brewery

See also Bacchus (disambiguation) Bachus (disambiguation) Backus upscaling, calculating the effective elastic properties of geological layers in petrology