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.
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.- Type: Village with 1,990 residents
- Description: city in Menard County, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Athens, IL”, “Athens, Illinois”, “Атҳенс”, and “एथेन्स (इलियोनोई)”
- Postal code: 62613
Places of Interest
Highlights: Col. Matthew Rogers Building.
Col. Matthew Rogers Building
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cantrall.
Cantrall
Village
Cantrall is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. Cantrall is situated 3 miles southeast 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″ north
Longitude
-89.72399° or 89° 43′ 26″ west
Population
1,990
Elevation
600 feet (183 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US AZH
Open location code
86FGX76G+9C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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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: “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, इलिनोइ”
- Newari: “एथेन्स, इलियोनोई”
- Newari: “एथेन्स”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Athens”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Athens”
- Norwegian: “Athens”
- Persian: “آتن”
- Persian: “اتنز، ایلینوی”
- Polish: “Athens”
- Portuguese: “Athens”
- Russian: “Асенс”
- 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”
- Vietnamese: “Athens, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Athens”
- Volapük: “Athens”
- Welsh: “Athens, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Athens”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Barr and North Wind Acres.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: New Life Baptist Church and Long Nine Museum.
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