Athens
Athens is a city in Menard County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,977 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,990 residents
- Description: city in Menard County, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Athens, IL” and “Athens, Illinois”
- Postal code: 62613
Places of Interest
Highlights include Col. Matthew Rogers Building.
Col. Matthew Rogers Building
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Col. Matthew Rogers Building, also known as the Abraham Lincoln Long Nine Museum, is a historic building located at 200 S. Main St. in Athens, Illinois.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cantrall and Culver.
Cantrall
Village
Cantrall is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 144 at the 2020 census, up from 139 in 2010. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Cantrall is situated 3 miles southeast of Athens.
Culver
Hamlet
Culver is an unincorporated community in Menard County, Illinois, United States. Culver is 4 miles northeast of Athens. Culver is situated 3½ miles northeast of Athens.
Athens
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Menard, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.96088° or 39° 57′ 39″ northLongitude
-89.72399° or 89° 43′ 26″ westPopulation
1,990Elevation
600 feet (183 metres)United Nations Location Code
US AZHOpen location code
86FGX76G+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 153360710OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Athens” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أثينا”
- Basque: “Athens”
- Catalan: “Athens”
- Cebuano: “Athens”
- Chechen: “Эйтенз”
- Chinese: “Athens”
- Chinese: “雅典 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “雅典”
- Croatian: “Athens”
- Danish: “Athens”
- Dutch: “Athens”
- Faroese: “Athens”
- French: “Athens”
- German: “Athens”
- Gilaki: “آتنز (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “آتنز”
- Haitian: “Athens, Ilinwa”
- Haitian: “Athens”
- Hungarian: “Athens”
- Icelandic: “Athens”
- Ido: “Athens, Illinois”
- Ido: “Athens”
- Irish: “Athens”
- Italian: “Athens”
- Kalaallisut: “Athens”
- Ladin: “Athens”
- Mazanderani: “آتن (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “آتن”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Athens”
- Newari: “एथेन्स (इलियोनोई)”
- Newari: “एथेन्स, इलिनोइ”
- Newari: “एथेन्स, इलियोनोई”
- Newari: “एथेन्स”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Athens”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Athens”
- Persian: “آتن”
- Persian: “اتنز، ایلینوی”
- Polish: “Athens”
- Portuguese: “Athens”
- Serbian: “Ејтенс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Athens, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Athens”
- South Azerbaijani: “آتن، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “Athens”
- Swedish: “Athens, Illinois”
- Swedish: “Athens”
- Tatar: “Эйтенз”
- Ukrainian: “Ейтенз”
- Urdu: “ایتھنز، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “ایتھنز”
- Uzbek: “Athens”
- Uzbek: “Атҳенс”
- Vietnamese: “Athens, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Athens”
- Volapük: “Athens”
- Welsh: “Athens, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Athens”
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