title: Tawes
text: # Tawes
  
  Tawes is a surname. It is also applied to some buildings.
  
  ## People
  
  * J. Millard Tawes, 54th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1959 to 1967.
  
  ## Geography
  
  ### Places
  
  **Wales**
  
  * Tawe Valley, one of the South Wales Valleys.
  * River Tawe (Welsh: Afon Tawe) a river in South Wales.
  * Tawe Uchaf a community in the Brecknockshire district of Powys, Wales.
  * Tawe barrage in Swansea, Wales.
  
  ### Buildings
  
  **United States**
  
  * Hytche Athletic Center - formerly known as J. Millard Tawes Gym
  * Capt. Leonard Tawes House, a historic home located at Crisfield, Maryland.
  * J. Millard Tawes Historical Museum, a museum located in Crisfield, Maryland.
  
  **Wales**
  
  * Tawes Theatre, also known as the Tawes Fine Arts Building and Tawes Hall, the home of the Department of English at the University of Maryland.
  * Parc Tawe, a retail park and leisure area in Swansea, Wales
  
  ## Other
  
  * Tawe Valley Disturbance, a geological structure in Wales, UK.
  