Athens

Athens is a city and the county seat of , , in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 12,857. The city has called itself the "Black-Eyed Pea Capital of the World." Athens was selected as one of the first "Certified Retirement Communities" in Texas.
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  • Type: Town with 12,900 residents
  • Description: city in Henderson County, Texas, United States
  • Also known as: Alvin”, “Athens, Texas”, and “Athens, TX
  • Postal codes: 75751 and 75752
  • Neighbors:

Athens

Latitude
32.2044° or 32° 12′ 16″ north
Longitude
-95.8549° or 95° 51′ 18″ west
Population
12,900
Elevation
489 feet (149 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US AWX
Open location code
8646643W+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151534857
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4671545
Wiki­data ID
Q755425
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Athens” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أثينا
  • Basque: Athens
  • Belarusian: Атэнс (Тэхас)
  • Belarusian: Атэнс
  • Catalan: Athens, Texas
  • Catalan: Athens
  • Cebuano: Athens (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Texas)
  • Cebuano: Athens
  • Chechen: Эйтенз
  • Chinese: Athens
  • Chinese: 阿森斯
  • Chinese: 雅典
  • Croatian: Athens
  • Danish: Athens
  • Dutch: Athens
  • Egyptian Arabic: اثينا
  • Egyptian Arabic: اثينز
  • Esperanto: Athens
  • Faroese: Athens
  • French: Athens
  • German: Athens
  • Gilaki: آتنز
  • Greek: Άθενς
  • Haitian: Athens, Texas
  • Haitian: Athens
  • Hungarian: Athens
  • Icelandic: Athens
  • Irish: Athens, Texas
  • Irish: Athens
  • Italian: Athens
  • Japanese: アセンズ
  • Kalaallisut: Athens
  • Korean: 애선스
  • Ladin: Athens
  • Malagasy: Athens, Texas
  • Malagasy: Athens
  • Min Nan Chinese: Athens
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Athens
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Athens
  • Norwegian: Athens
  • Persian: آتن، تگزاس
  • Persian: آتن
  • Persian: اتن، تگزاس
  • Polish: Athens
  • Portuguese: Athens
  • Russian: Атенс
  • Serbian: Атенс
  • Serbo-Croatian: Athens, Texas
  • Serbo-Croatian: Athens
  • Slovenian: Athens
  • South Azerbaijani: آتن، تکزاس
  • Spanish: Athens (Texas)
  • Spanish: Athens
  • Swedish: Athens, Texas
  • Swedish: Athens
  • Tatar: Эйтенз (Техас)
  • Tatar: Эйтенз
  • Turkish: Athens, Teksas
  • Turkish: Athens
  • Ukrainian: Ейтенз
  • Urdu: ایتھنز، ٹیکساس
  • Urdu: ایتھنز
  • Uzbek: Athens, Texas
  • Uzbek: Athens, TX
  • Uzbek: Athens
  • Vietnamese: Athens, Texas
  • Vietnamese: Athens
  • Volapük: Athens (TX)
  • Volapük: Athens, Texas
  • Volapük: Athens, TX
  • Volapük: Athens
  • Waray (Philippines): Athens, Texas
  • Waray (Philippines): Athens
  • Welsh: Athens, Texas
  • Welsh: Athens

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