Athens
Athens is a town in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 944 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bluefield micropolitan area which has a population of 107,578. Athens is the home of Concord University.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,180 residents
- Description: town in West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Athens, West Virginia”, “Athens, WV”, “Concord”, and “Concord Church”
- Postal code: 24712
Places of Interest
Highlights include PikeView High School.
PikeView High School
School
PikeView High School is a public high school serving grades 9–12, located in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. PikeView High School is administered by Mercer County Schools. PikeView High School is situated 2½ miles west of Athens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Speedway and Pettry.
Speedway
Hamlet
Speedway is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Speedway is located on West Virginia Route 20, 2.5 miles north of Athens. The community most likely takes its name from the highway which runs through the town site. Speedway is situated 2½ miles north of Athens.
Pettry
Hamlet
Pettry is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Pettry is situated 3 miles east of Athens.
Gardner
Hamlet
Gardner is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Gardner is located along Interstate 77, 4 miles north of Princeton. Gardner is situated 3 miles west of Athens.
Athens
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Mercer, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.42234° or 37° 25′ 20″ northLongitude
-81.0162° or 81° 0′ 58″ westPopulation
1,180Elevation
2,589 feet (789 metres)United Nations Location Code
US AT6Open location code
869WCXCM+WGOpenStreetMap ID
node 154134553OpenStreetMap 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”
- Dutch: “Athens”
- French: “Athens”
- German: “Athens”
- Gilaki: “آتنز (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “آتنز”
- Hungarian: “Athens”
- Italian: “Athens”
- Ladin: “Athens”
- Latin: “Athenae”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Athens”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Athens”
- Norwegian: “Athens”
- Persian: “آتن”
- Polish: “Athens”
- Portuguese: “Athens”
- Russian: “Атенс”
- Serbian: “Атенс”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Athens, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Athens”
- South Azerbaijani: “آتنز، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Athens”
- Tatar: “Эйтенз”
- Ukrainian: “Ейтенз”
- Urdu: “ایتھنز، مغربی ورجینیا”
- Urdu: “ایتھنز”
- Volapük: “Athens”
- Welsh: “Athens, Gorllewin Virginia”
- Welsh: “Athens”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Athens Baptist Church and Concord United Methodist Church.
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