Athens
Athens is a small unincorporated village in Fayette County to the east of Interstate 75 in Kentucky in the United States. First settled in 1786 as the community of Cross Plains, the town was chartered as Athens in 1826 and had its own post office from that time until 1906.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Fayette County, Kentucky, United States of America
- Also known as: “Athens, Kentucky” and “Crossplains”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hootentown and Pine Grove.
Hootentown
Hamlet
Hootentown is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Kentucky, United States. Hootentown is situated 4 miles southeast of Athens.
Pine Grove
Hamlet
Pine Grove is an unincorporated community located in Clark County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office is closed. Pine Grove is situated 4½ miles northeast of Athens.
Becknerville
Hamlet
Becknerville is an unincorporated town in southern Clark County, Kentucky, United States. It is situated along Kentucky Route 1923. It is part of the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. Becknerville is situated 5 miles east of Athens.
Athens
- Categories: human settlement, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Fayette, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.94925° or 37° 56′ 57″ northLongitude
-84.3641° or 84° 21′ 51″ westElevation
955 feet (291 metres)Open location code
869QWJXP+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 153917041OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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