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Athens Township Located in the western part of Athens county,Athens Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio. The 2000 census found 27,714 people in the township, 6,680 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township Most of the city of Athens, the county seat of Athens County, is located in central and eastern Athens Township, and the census-designated place of The Plains is located in northern Athens Township.
Court Street, Athens, Ohio, 1930s
Athens High School was formed in 1967 by the merger of The Plains High School, Chauncey-Dover High School, and Athens High School. Athens High School is located in The Plains, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Athens City School District. Their nickname is the Bulldogs and their colors are green and gold.
Churches in Athens include: Apostolic Church, East Athens Church of Christ, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Pilgrim Holiness Church, First Baptist Church, First Christian Church, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church, Saint Pauls Catholic Church. Cemeteries : Athens Cemetery, State Street Cemetery, Old Athens Hospital Cemetery, New Athens Hospital Cemetery, Mount Calvary Cemetery The Plains is a census-designated place (CDP) in Athens County, Ohio. The population was 2,931 at the 2000 census. The residents of The Plains are served by the Athens City School District and Athens High School Churches in The Plains: Zion Church, Plains United
Methodist Church, Athens Bible Church, Bread of Life Full Gospel, Ohio
Columbus Mission The village of Athens is built on rolling ground rising about 70 ft. above the river (which nearly encircles it), and commands views of some of the most beautiful scenery in the state. There are several ancient mounds in the vicinity. Athens is the seat of Ohio University (co-educational), a state institution established in 1804, and having in 1908 a college of liberal arts, a state normal college (1902), a commercial college, a college of music and a state preparatory school. In 1908 the University had 53 instructors and 1386 students. South of the village, and occupying a fine situation, is a state hospital for the insane. In the vicinity there are many coal mines, and among the manufactures are bricks, furniture, veneered doors, and shirts. The municipality operates the water-works. When the Ohio Company, through Manasseh Cutler, obtained from congress their land in what is now Ohio, it was arranged that the income from two townships was to be set aside "for the support of a literary institution." In 1795 the townships (Athens and Alexander) were located and surveyed, and in 1800 Rufus Putnam and two other commissioners, appointed by the Territorial legislature, laid out a town, which was also called Athens. Settlers slowly came; the town became the county-seat in 1805, was incorporated as a village in 1811, and was re-incorporated in 1828. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Photos courtesy of City of Athens, Ohio
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