Backus (disambiguation)

Backus is a surname.

Backus may also refer to:

Places in the United States

• Backus Township, Michigan
• Backus, Minnesota, a city
• Backus, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Blennerhassett Island, West Virginia, originally known as Backus Island

Other uses

• The William W. Backus Hospital, a community hospital in Norwich, Connecticut
• The Backus Water Motor Company of Newark, New Jersey, which produced an early split cycle engine

See also

• Backus upscaling, calculating the effective elastic properties of geological layers in petrology