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Athens

Athens County is a county in southeastern . As of the 2020 census, the population was 62,431. Its county seat and largest city is . The county was formed in 1805 from .
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  • Type: County with 62,400 residents
  • Description: county in Ohio, United States
  • Also known as: “Athens County”, “Athens County, OH”, and “Athens County, Ohio”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Strouds Run State Park and Sells Park.

Nature reserve
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is a public recreation area abutting the city of in Athens County, , in the United States. The state park is located primarily in , with a small part in Ames Township.

Park
, popularly known as Athens Pond, is a public park near Ohio University in . Claimed to be "one of Athens’s best hidden treasures", it comprises 22.5 acres, and includes Sells Pond which is composed of an area of 1,876 square yards.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Athens and The Plains.

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is a city with a major university and county seat of County (population 68,000 2010 , best known for being home to over 29,000 Ohio University students.

Town
is a census-designated place in Athens County, , United States. The population was 3,140 at the 2020 census.

Athens

Latitude
39.3576° or 39° 21′ 27″ north
Longitude
-82.061° or 82° 3′ 39″ west
Population
62,400
Elevation
640 feet (195 metres)
Open location code
86FV9W5Q+2J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316982631
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4505546
Wiki­data ID
Q485588
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Athens” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Athens County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة أثينز”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه أثينز، أوهايو”
  • Asturian: “condáu d’Athens”
  • Basque: “Athens konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Athens County, Ohio”
  • Bavarian: “Athens County”
  • Bishnupriya: “এথেন্স কাউন্টি, ওহাইও”
  • Bishnupriya: “এথেন্স কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Атънс”
  • Catalan: “comtat d’Athens”
  • Cebuano: “Athens County”
  • Chechen: “Атенс (гуо)”
  • Chechen: “Атенс”
  • Chinese: “Athens Kūn”
  • Chinese: “阿森斯县”
  • Chinese: “雅典县”
  • Chinese: “雅典縣”
  • Danish: “Athens County”
  • Dutch: “Athens County”
  • Esperanto: “Athens County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Ateno”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Athens”
  • Finnish: “Athensin piirikunta”
  • French: “Athens County”
  • French: “comté d’Athens”
  • French: “Comté d’Athens”
  • Ganda: “Athens County, OhioAthens”
  • Georgian: “ათენსის ოლქი”
  • German: “Athens County, Ohio”
  • German: “Athens County”
  • Gilaki: “آتن ٚ شأرستان (اؤهایؤ)”
  • Gilaki: “آتن ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hungarian: “Athens megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Athens”
  • Italian: “Athens County”
  • Italian: “contea di Athens”
  • Italian: “Contea di Athens”
  • Japanese: “アセンズ郡”
  • Korean: “애선스군”
  • Latin: “Athens Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Athens County”
  • Mazanderani: “آتن شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Athens Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Athens Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Athens County”
  • Norwegian: “Athens County”
  • Ossetian: “Атенс (зылд)”
  • Ossetian: “Атенс”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آتن، اوهایو”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آتن”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آتنز”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Athens”
  • Portuguese: “Athens County”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Athens”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Athens”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Athens, Ohio”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Athens”
  • Russian: “Атенс”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Athens”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Athens County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Атенс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Athens County, Ohio”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Athens County”
  • Slovenian: “Athens County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Athens”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آتنز بؤلگه‌سی، اوهایو”
  • Spanish: “Athens County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Athens”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Athens”
  • Swedish: “Athens County”
  • Tatar: “Афины (округ, Огайо)”
  • Turkish: “Athens County, OH”
  • Turkish: “Athens County, Ohio”
  • Turkish: “Athens County”
  • Turkish: “Athens ilçesi, OH”
  • Turkish: “Athens ilçesi, Ohio”
  • Turkish: “Athens ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Афіни”
  • Urdu: “ایتھنز کاؤنٹی، اوہائیو”
  • Urdu: “ایتھنز کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Athens”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Athens, Ohio”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Athens”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Athens, Ohio”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Athens”
  • Welsh: “Athens County, Ohio”
  • Welsh: “Athens County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایتھنز کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Athens”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sells Park and Sugar Creek.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mary Beth Zak Lohse Nature Preserve and Hunter Cemetery.

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