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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Athens, Ohio</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88" title="آتن، اوهایو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آتن، اوهایو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8,_%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%93" title="অ্যাথেন্স, ওহাইও – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="অ্যাথেন্স, ওহাইও" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(Ohio)" title="Athens (Ohio) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Athens (Ohio)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81_(%D0%90%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%8F)" title="Атэнс (Агая) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Атэнс (Агая)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(Ohio)" title="Athens (Ohio) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Athens (Ohio)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(kapital_sa_kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Ohio)" title="Athens (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Ohio) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Athens (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Ohio)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens,_Ohio" title="Athens, Ohio – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Athens, Ohio" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(Ohio)" title="Athens (Ohio) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Athens (Ohio)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(Ohio)" title="Athens (Ohio) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Athens (Ohio)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(Ohio)" title="Athens (Ohio) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Athens (Ohio)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88)" title="اتنز (اوهایو) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اتنز (اوهایو)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(Ohio)" title="Athens (Ohio) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Athens (Ohio)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A4)" title="آتنز (اؤهایؤ) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="آتنز (اؤهایؤ)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A0%EC%84%A0%EC%8A%A4_(%EC%98%A4%ED%95%98%EC%9D%B4%EC%98%A4%EC%A3%BC)" title="애선스 (오하이오주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="애선스 (오하이오주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BD_(%D5%95%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%B8)" title="Աթենս (Օհայո) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Աթենս (Օհայո)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens,_Ohio" title="Athens, Ohio – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Athens, Ohio" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(Ohio)" title="Athens (Ohio) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Athens (Ohio)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81_(%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE)" title="Асэнс (Огайо) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Асэнс (Огайо)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens,_Ohio" title="Athens, Ohio – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Athens, Ohio" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81_(%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE)" title="Асэнс (Огайо) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Асэнс (Огайо)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(Ohio)" title="Athens (Ohio) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Athens (Ohio)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(Ohio)" title="Athens (Ohio) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Athens (Ohio)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%8F%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D,_%E0%B4%92%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B" title="ഏതൻസ്, ഒഹിയോ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഏതൻസ്, ഒഹിയോ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3" title="اثينس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اثينس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(Ohio)" title="Athens (Ohio) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Athens (Ohio)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA_(%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AA%E5%B7%9E)" title="アセンズ (オハイオ州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アセンズ (オハイオ州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81_(%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE)" title="Атенс (Огайо) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Атенс (Огайо)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(Ohio)" title="Athens (Ohio) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Athens (Ohio)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(Ohio)" title="Athens (Ohio) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Athens (Ohio)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_(Ohio)" title="Athens (Ohio) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Athens (Ohio)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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.infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Athens, Ohio</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Athens_oh_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Athens in 2003"><img alt="Athens in 2003" 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class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Athens,_Ohio.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Athens, Ohio"><img alt="Flag of Athens, Ohio" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_Athens%2C_Ohio.png/100px-Flag_of_Athens%2C_Ohio.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_Athens%2C_Ohio.png/150px-Flag_of_Athens%2C_Ohio.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Flag_of_Athens%2C_Ohio.png/200px-Flag_of_Athens%2C_Ohio.png 2x" data-file-width="335" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_Athens,_Ohio.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Athens, Ohio"><img alt="Official logo of Athens, Ohio" 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.pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_Ohio_relief_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Athens is located in Ohio"><img alt="Athens is located in Ohio" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/USA_Ohio_relief_location_map.svg/250px-USA_Ohio_relief_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="297" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/USA_Ohio_relief_location_map.svg/375px-USA_Ohio_relief_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/USA_Ohio_relief_location_map.svg/500px-USA_Ohio_relief_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1010" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:73.74%;left:61.785%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Athens"><img alt="Athens" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Athens</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Ohio</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Ohio</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Athens is located in the United States"><img alt="Athens is located in the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/250px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/375px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png/500px-Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:44.361%;left:73.129%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Athens"><img alt="Athens" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Athens</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Athens (the United States)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of the United States</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Athens,_Ohio&params=39_19_45_N_82_5_46_W_type:city(23849)_region:US-OH"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°19′45″N</span> <span class="longitude">82°5′46″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.32917°N 82.09611°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.32917; -82.09611</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Ohio" title="List of counties in Ohio">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Athens_County,_Ohio" title="Athens County, Ohio">Athens</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Athens,_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Athens, Greece">Athens, Greece</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Legislator</th><td class="infobox-data">Athens City Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">10.21 sq mi (26.44 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">9.96 sq mi (25.79 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.25 sq mi (0.65 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">709 ft (216 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">23,849</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)<sup id="cite_ref-2023_est_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023_est-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">24,673</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,394.72/sq mi (924.58/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time Zone">EST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-4" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-4">UTC-4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">45701</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_740_and_220" title="Area codes 740 and 220">740, 220</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">39-02736<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">2394009<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ci.athens.oh.us/">www<wbr />.ci<wbr />.athens<wbr />.oh<wbr />.us</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Athens</b> is a city and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Athens_County,_Ohio" title="Athens County, Ohio">Athens County, Ohio</a>, United States. The population was 23,849 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2020_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2020-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Located along the <a href="/wiki/Hocking_River" title="Hocking River">Hocking River</a> within <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Ohio" title="Appalachian Ohio">Appalachian Ohio</a> about 65 miles (105 km) southeast of <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus</a>, Athens is best known as the home of <a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a>, a large public research university with an undergraduate and graduate enrollment of more than 21,000 students.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the principal city of the <a href="/wiki/Athens_County,_Ohio" title="Athens County, Ohio">Athens micropolitan area</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:College_Edifice.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/College_Edifice.jpg/170px-College_Edifice.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/College_Edifice.jpg/255px-College_Edifice.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/College_Edifice.jpg/340px-College_Edifice.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1072" data-file-height="1127" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Manasseh_Cutler_Hall" title="Manasseh Cutler Hall">College Edifice</a> was the first building of higher education in the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territory" title="Northwest Territory">Northwest Territory</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The first permanent European settlers arrived in Athens in 1797,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> more than a decade after the United States victory in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>. In 1800, the town site was first surveyed and plotted and incorporated as a village in 1811. Ohio had become a state in 1803. <a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a> was chartered in 1804, the first public institution of higher learning in the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territory" title="Northwest Territory">Northwest Territory</a>. Previously part of <a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Ohio" title="Washington County, Ohio">Washington County, Ohio</a>, Athens County was formed in 1805, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Ohio_county_name_etymologies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ohio county name etymologies">named</a> for the ancient center of learning, <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, Greece. </p><p>Ohio University in Athens was established with the first federal endowment of an educational institution in the United States. In July 1787, the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Confederation" title="Congress of the Confederation">Congress of the Confederation</a> gave to the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Company_of_Associates" title="Ohio Company of Associates">Ohio Company of Associates</a> "two townships of good land for the support of a literary institution" in the newly created <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territory" title="Northwest Territory">Northwest Territory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Knight,_George_W._History_and_Management_of_Federal_Land_Grants_for_Education_in_the_Northwest_Territory_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knight,_George_W._History_and_Management_of_Federal_Land_Grants_for_Education_in_the_Northwest_Territory-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During The First Session of the Second Territorial General Assembly, held in Chillicothe from November 23, 1801, to January 23, 1802, the General Assembly passed an act establishing the "American Western University" at Athens. The act was approved by Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Northwest Territory on January 9, 1802.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Biographical_Annals_of_Ohio_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Biographical_Annals_of_Ohio-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, no university with the name of American Western University would be established. Ohio became a state in 1803 and on February 18, 1804, the state legislature passed an act establishing the "Ohio University" in the town of Athens.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Legal_History_of_the_Ohio_University_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Legal_History_of_the_Ohio_University-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Athens received city status in 1912, following the 1910 census showing the population had passed 5,000 residents, the requirement for city status in Ohio. </p><p>Originally, large tracts of land in Athens and Alexander Townships were set aside through a contract between the Congress (under the Articles of Confederation) and the Ohio Company of Associates, a group of <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> veterans. These lands were given to Ohio University by the Federal government. This was the first federal land grant for a university, pre-dating the <a href="/wiki/Morrill_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Morrill Act">Morrill Act</a> by more than 70 years. At first, lands were mostly leased out, but the failure of many lessors to pay their rents resulted in most of the land being sold. The sale of these lands funded the growth of Ohio University. Today it is one of the largest institutions of higher learning in Ohio, with an enrollment of over 20,000 on the Athens campus and over 28,000 for all campuses. </p><p>The earliest industry in the area was salt production, followed by iron production and coal extraction. The largest employer in the county is Ohio University. In 1843, the <a href="/wiki/Hocking_Canal" title="Hocking Canal">Hocking Canal</a> opened, enabling shipping from the Ohio River up the <a href="/wiki/Hocking_River" title="Hocking River">Hocking River</a>, which passes through Athens, to <a href="/wiki/Nelsonville,_Ohio" title="Nelsonville, Ohio">Nelsonville, Ohio</a>, and points beyond. However, the canal was closed during cold winters when it froze over. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Athens_Lunatic_Asylum_Fountain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Athens_Lunatic_Asylum_Fountain.jpg/220px-Athens_Lunatic_Asylum_Fountain.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Athens_Lunatic_Asylum_Fountain.jpg/330px-Athens_Lunatic_Asylum_Fountain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Athens_Lunatic_Asylum_Fountain.jpg/440px-Athens_Lunatic_Asylum_Fountain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Fountain at <a href="/wiki/Athens_Lunatic_Asylum" title="Athens Lunatic Asylum">The Ridges</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Railroad">railroad</a> reached Athens in 1857. In the late 19th century, an interurban line opened between Athens and Nelsonville and operated for some years. The <a href="/wiki/Athens_Lunatic_Asylum" title="Athens Lunatic Asylum">Athens Lunatic Asylum</a>, later named the Athens State Hospital, opened in 1874. This was on high ground to the south of town and to the south of the Hocking River. In the late 19th century the hospital was the town's largest employer. The state hospital was eventually decommissioned and the property was deeded to Ohio University. It is now known as <a href="/wiki/Athens_Lunatic_Asylum" title="Athens Lunatic Asylum">The Ridges</a>. Much of the building space has been renovated for offices and research space or demolished, and most of the grounds have been set aside as open space, including a <a href="/wiki/Land_lab" title="Land lab">land lab</a>. </p><p>In 1904, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U. S. Army</a> and the Ohio <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Guard">National Guard</a> conducted joint training exercises near the city. Multiple US army regulars became drunk and were arrested by National Guard Provosts for causing disturbances. The arrests angered the regulars; on Friday a large contingent set out from camp to free an arrested comrade. The armed regulars were stopped by provosts and the ensuing quarrel quickly escalated into a shoot-out on Washington Street, during which one guardsman was killed and five others were wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1935, Athens was known as a coal and fruit-producing region and a state center of higher education and psychiatric care. The major manufactured goods included stoves, lumber, parquetry flooring, caskets, and flooring.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Columbia_Encyclopedia_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Columbia_Encyclopedia-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The university (and in turn, the city) saw large growth during the post-World War Two era and again during the Vietnam War era. Growth slowed in the 1980s with small increases in growth into present times. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hocking_River_Athens.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Hocking_River_Athens.jpg/220px-Hocking_River_Athens.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Hocking_River_Athens.jpg/330px-Hocking_River_Athens.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Hocking_River_Athens.jpg/440px-Hocking_River_Athens.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2856" data-file-height="2142" /></a><figcaption>Hocking River</figcaption></figure> <p>Athens is located in the <a href="/wiki/Unglaciated_Allegheny_Plateau" title="Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau">unglaciated Allegheny Plateau</a> about 47 miles from <a href="/wiki/Chillicothe,_Ohio" title="Chillicothe, Ohio">Chillicothe</a> and 35 miles west of <a href="/wiki/Marietta,_Ohio" title="Marietta, Ohio">Marietta</a>. Athens is surrounded by hills that rise about three hundred feet from river valley to the narrow ridge tops. The county extends west from the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio River</a>, mostly centered around the lower <a href="/wiki/Hocking_River" title="Hocking River">Hocking River</a> watershed. According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of 10.05 square miles (26.0 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 9.83 square miles (25.5 km<sup>2</sup>) (or 97.81%) is land and 0.22 square miles (0.57 km<sup>2</sup>) (or 2.19%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Large sections of Athens and Ohio University are located in the floodplain of the Hocking River. Over the last two centuries the town suffered from many destructive floods, including notable floods in 1832, 1873, 1907, 1937, 1949, 1964 and 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-Straw_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Straw-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1969 the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Army Corps of Engineers</a> completed a major work that rerouted and expanded the channel of the Hocking River, for a stretch of several miles around the town, moving the river hundreds of feet to the south.<sup id="cite_ref-Straw_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Straw-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That project and the ongoing efforts to maintain the channel have greatly reduced the negative effects of seasonally high river levels. </p><p>Athens is located mostly on and around a south-jutting ridge bordered by a loop in the Hocking River. The underlying <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a> is mostly <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shale" title="Shale">shale</a>, including "<a href="/wiki/Redbed" class="mw-redirect" title="Redbed">redbed</a>" shale that presents a severe slip hazard when structures are built over it on hillsides. However, there are safe zones above sandstone beds, most notably the Connelsville Sandstone that outcrops high on the hillsides. The old Athens Mental Hospital grounds (now part of the university) was built on the top of a hillside in the late 1860s, and is completely stable due to its position atop the hill rather than on a slope. The recent University Courtyard Apartments is also built on similar underlying geology across a small valley, but the hilltop was extensively removed in order to create a stable base. The city receives all its water supply from wells in unconsolidated river <a href="/wiki/Aquifer" title="Aquifer">aquifers</a>, and is reputed to be the largest city in the United States to do so.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Athens, Ohio (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77<br />(25) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">102<br />(39) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">106<br />(41) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.2<br />(5.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.2<br />(11.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.2<br />(18.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.3<br />(22.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.5<br />(26.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.4<br />(28.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.5<br />(27.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.2<br />(24.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.2<br />(18.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.2<br />(11.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.6<br />(5.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">62.5<br />(16.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.8<br />(−1.2) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.1<br />(5.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.4<br />(11.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.1<br />(16.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.4<br />(20.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.7<br />(22.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.4<br />(21.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.0<br />(18.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.8<br />(12.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.6<br />(5.9) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">52.2<br />(11.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.5<br />(−5.8) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(−4.8) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(−1.1) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.7<br />(4.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.0<br />(10.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.2<br />(15.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.0<br />(17.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.4<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.8<br />(12.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.4<br />(5.8) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(0.1) </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(−2.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41.9<br />(5.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−28<br />(−33) </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−15<br />(−26) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8<br />(−22) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(−11) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(1) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(−4) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(−11) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(−16) </td> <td style="background: #3A3AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−26<br />(−32) </td> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−28<br />(−33) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #92FF92; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.89<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #84FF84; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.94<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.57<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #6BFF6B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.78<br />(96) </td> <td style="background: #5FFF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.20<br />(107) </td> <td style="background: #4FFF4F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.50<br />(114) </td> <td style="background: #5BFF5B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.34<br />(110) </td> <td style="background: #87FF87; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.16<br />(80) </td> <td style="background: #82FF82; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.18<br />(81) </td> <td style="background: #90FF90; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.93<br />(74) </td> <td style="background: #8DFF8D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.91<br />(74) </td> <td style="background: #87FF87; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.16<br />(80) </td> <td style="background: #79FF79; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41.56<br />(1,056) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #1F1FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.8<br />(15) </td> <td style="background: #0909FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.9<br />(15) </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3<br />(5.8) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(1.3) </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(7.6) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.6<br />(45) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.3 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #6969FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #5353FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.9 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #7B7BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #6262FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.7 </td> <td style="background: #6E6EFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">138.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2 </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5 </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3 </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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.us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>578</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>1,094</td><td></td><td>89.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>728</td><td></td><td>−33.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>710</td><td></td><td>−2.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>808</td><td></td><td>13.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>2,852</td><td></td><td>253.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>1,696</td><td></td><td>−40.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>2,457</td><td></td><td>44.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>2,620</td><td></td><td>6.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>3,066</td><td></td><td>17.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>5,463</td><td></td><td>78.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>6,418</td><td></td><td>17.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>7,252</td><td></td><td>13.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>7,696</td><td></td><td>6.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>11,660</td><td></td><td>51.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>16,470</td><td></td><td>41.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>23,310</td><td></td><td>41.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>19,801</td><td></td><td>−15.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>21,265</td><td></td><td>7.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>21,342</td><td></td><td>0.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>23,832</td><td></td><td>11.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>23,849</td><td></td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">24,673</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-2023_est_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023_est-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>3.5%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census1960_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1960-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census1990_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1990-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_Athens_OH_USA.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Downtown_Athens_OH_USA.JPG/220px-Downtown_Athens_OH_USA.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Downtown_Athens_OH_USA.JPG/330px-Downtown_Athens_OH_USA.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Downtown_Athens_OH_USA.JPG/440px-Downtown_Athens_OH_USA.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Court Street, the main street in Uptown Athens</figcaption></figure> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2010, there were 23,832 people, 6,903 households, and 1,842 families residing in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 2,424.4 inhabitants per square mile (936.1/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 7,391 housing units at an average density of 751.9 per square mile (290.3/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 86.4% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 4.4% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 6.1% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.6% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (U.S. Census)">other races</a>, and 2.3% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 2.4% of the population. </p><p>There were 6,903 households, of which 11.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 20.5% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 73.3% were non-families. 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.74. </p><p>The median age in the city was 21.6 years. 5.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 67.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 14.4% were from 25 to 44; 7.9% were from 45 to 64; and 4.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 21,342 people, 6,271 households, and 1,906 families residing in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 2,560.4 people per square mile (988.6 people/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 6,715 housing units at an average density of 805.6 per square mile (311.0/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 89.16% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 3.82% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.15% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 4.47% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.06% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.60% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.74% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States Census">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 1.41% of the population. </p><p>There were 6,271 households, out of which 12.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 22.9% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 69.6% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.72. </p><p>In the city the population was spread out, with 6.7% under the age of 18, 66.7% from 18 to 24, 13.7% from 25 to 44, 8.0% from 45 to 64, and 4.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.9 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the city was $17,122, and the median income for a family was $53,391. Males had a median income of $35,849 versus $28,866 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $11,061. About 14.8% of families and 51.9% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 19.1% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the mid-1800s until the 1950s, <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brick" title="Brick">brick</a>-making were major sources of employment in the county. They became a minor source after the best and most available coal had been extracted and cheaper brick-making became available outside the area. A former manufacturing company was the <a href="/wiki/Midget_Motors_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Midget Motors Corporation">Midget Motors Corporation</a>, makers of the small automobile, the <a href="/wiki/King_Midget" title="King Midget">King Midget</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a> is the largest employer in Athens County. In addition to direct employment through the university, much of the local economy depends on tourism and events related to the university, through local restaurants, bars, stores and hotels. Manufacturing and technology related businesses, including <a href="/wiki/Quidel_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Quidel Corporation">Quidel Corporation</a> (formerly Diagnostic Hybrids<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), Stewart-MacDonald,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sunpower, <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Electronics" title="Mitchell Electronics">Mitchell Electronics</a>, Fastenall, and Gorman-Redlich. </p><p>Since the 1970s Athens has earned a reputation as one of the more progressive (liberal) communities in Southeastern Ohio<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. That reputation includes <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> political leaning,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> presence of some international communities, support for use of alternative energy, calling for '<a href="/wiki/Smart_growth" title="Smart growth">smart growth</a>' development, development of small farms emphasizing sustainable and organic-produced crops, and support for local businesses<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. The Athens Farmers Market<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is open year-round. </p><p>Court Street has a number of small to large student apartment buildings. <a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a>'s main 'college green' entrance is located at Court & Union. The student center (<a href="/wiki/John_Calhoun_Baker_University_Center" title="John Calhoun Baker University Center">John Calhoun Baker University Center</a>, coloquially "Baker Center") is at one end of Court Street. Several Athens shopping areas are located outside the uptown area; the largest is on East State Street with a small mall, several shopping strip centers, large box stores, car dealerships, hotels/motels and many local and national sit-down / fast food restaurants. On the north side of town is Columbus Road area with some shopping, car dealer, motels, eateries and office buildings. On the south side, Richland Avenue has large student housing apartment complexes. West Union St. has a hospital complex, some student housing and the county fairgrounds. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Athena_Cinema,_Athens,_Ohio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Athena_Cinema%2C_Athens%2C_Ohio.jpg/220px-Athena_Cinema%2C_Athens%2C_Ohio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Athena_Cinema%2C_Athens%2C_Ohio.jpg/330px-Athena_Cinema%2C_Athens%2C_Ohio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Athena_Cinema%2C_Athens%2C_Ohio.jpg/440px-Athena_Cinema%2C_Athens%2C_Ohio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2494" data-file-height="1741" /></a><figcaption>The Athena Cinema</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Athens_OH_1st_Presby_PHS850.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Athens_OH_1st_Presby_PHS850.jpg/220px-Athens_OH_1st_Presby_PHS850.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Athens_OH_1st_Presby_PHS850.jpg/330px-Athens_OH_1st_Presby_PHS850.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Athens_OH_1st_Presby_PHS850.jpg/440px-Athens_OH_1st_Presby_PHS850.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1648" data-file-height="1063" /></a><figcaption>City Hall and the First Presbyterian Church on a pre-1923 postcard</figcaption></figure> <p>Athens has a long musical tradition that includes local acts and events for touring musicians, performing at Ohio University and festivals in Athens. The folk song "Athens County" - words by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dolce" title="Joe Dolce">Joe Dolce</a>; music by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Edwards_(musician)" title="Jonathan Edwards (musician)">Jonathan Edwards</a> - refers to Athens, Ohio, where Edwards & Dolce attended college in the late 60s. Edwards went on to have a Number 2 hit song nationally with 'Sunshine' while Dolce moved to Australia and had an international Number 1 hit with <a href="/wiki/Shaddap_You_Face" title="Shaddap You Face">Shaddap You Face</a>. Dolce is now an established poet and essayist in Mebourne. Bands hailing from Athens include <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Headstone_Circus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Headstone Circus (page does not exist)">The Headstone Circus</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Snapdragons" title="The Snapdragons">The Snapdragons</a>, Appalachian Death Ride,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She Bears, <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Engine" title="Southeast Engine">Southeast Engine</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ridges and the metal band <a href="/wiki/Skeletonwitch" title="Skeletonwitch">Skeletonwitch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Athens native Steve Reis, a founder of the Columbus, Ohio-based band <a href="/wiki/McGuffey_Lane" title="McGuffey Lane">McGuffey Lane</a> named his band after a street in Athens.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Several theater companies have operated in Athens over the years. Studio for Young Actors, aka Drama Club Youth Academy was a youth theater which operated from 2000 to approximately 2010. They performed both original and published plays and musicals featuring young actors. Their main venue was Stuart's Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They subsequently moved their performance venue to Arts/West<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a community arts space in Athens, Ohio, operated by the City of Athens.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A university park on Richland Ave was designed by Athens' own <a href="/wiki/Maya_Lin" title="Maya Lin">Maya Lin</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Athens County Historical Society and Museum DBA The Southeast Ohio History Center: Historic items relating to life in Athens County</li> <li>The Dairy Barn Arts Center: Contemporary arts and crafts.</li> <li>Kennedy Museum of Art at Ohio University: Major collections include Southwest Native American textiles and jewelry. Contemporary prints.</li> <li>Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery: Interactive children's center.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Annual_festivals">Annual festivals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Annual festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ASH_Cow_Barn_Athens_OH_USA.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/ASH_Cow_Barn_Athens_OH_USA.JPG/220px-ASH_Cow_Barn_Athens_OH_USA.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/ASH_Cow_Barn_Athens_OH_USA.JPG/330px-ASH_Cow_Barn_Athens_OH_USA.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/ASH_Cow_Barn_Athens_OH_USA.JPG/440px-ASH_Cow_Barn_Athens_OH_USA.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2912" data-file-height="1354" /></a><figcaption>Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Athens is home to the annual <a href="/wiki/Athens_Ohio_Halloween_Block_Party" title="Athens Ohio Halloween Block Party">Halloween Block Party</a>, a massive international spectacle that draws attention from news media across the world each year. Ohio University's citation as the world's most haunted institution of higher education by the British Psychical Institute; Athens's citation as one of the 10 most haunted American cities; and the annual Halloween celebration, have dually added to Athens's reputation as one of the 10 most terrifying places on Earth and the "World Capital of Halloween."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Athens was vaunted as one of the top fifteen most haunted cities in America on the Fox Family Channel special "Scariest Places On Earth" that aired on October 23, 2000. Locals with knowledge of the history of <a href="/wiki/Athens_Lunatic_Asylum" title="Athens Lunatic Asylum">The Ridges</a> criticized the Fox portrayal as sensationalistic and misleading on details of the situation.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The block party has welcomed more guests each year, and festivities and security have grown in it for that reason. The event caters to roughly 20,000 to 30,000 dressed up partygoers on four closed blocks of uptown streets.</li> <li>Blackout Fest is held annually at The Union Bar & Grill and features many local, national, and international indie rock acts.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Athens Community Music Festival is held each August. In 2017 two dozen local bands were involved.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Concert "Under the Elms" is held on the OU College Green from June until early July with the 'Communiversity Band' (made up of OU faculty, students, alumni as well as community members)</li> <li>For many years, an annual Springfest was held on the OU Campus. Primarily due to changes in state alcohol laws, it was replaced by an annual event at Ervin's Big Red Barn (and field), a private "party-farm" just outside the city.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> After the move, the festival was called Derby days. The organization who coordinated the event was removed from campus in 2003.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Starting in 2004, Ohio University Seniors Dominic Petrozzi and Timothy Kehoe created One Fest. The festival name is changed each year to represent the number of years it has been held (for example, 2011 was 8Fest). As of 9 Fest, the event has been held at its new location on West Union Street, just outside the campus. It has become one of the largest independent collegiate music festivals in the country, boasting previous performances by national recording artists such as Mike Posner, Machine Gun Kelly, Timeflies, Chip Tha Ripper, Wiz Khalifa, Kendrick Lamar, Steve Aoki and more. in 2008, the name of the festival was changed to "The Number Fest" with an updated "edition" for each year it takes place. Number Fest - 14th Edition will be held on April 16, 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lobsterfest is an annual free concert hosted by the university's All Campus Radio Network.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Since 1983, the 970WATH-Power 105 Chili Bowl has been an annual event and each year raises money for a charity. Currently it takes place in October, at The Market on State.</li> <li>Hookah in the hills, an annual festival held twice a year at Poston Lake Music Park in the Spring and Fall, featuring the Columbus-based band Ekoostik Hookah, as well as other local bands.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>The annual Athens International Film and Video Festival is one of the few festivals that are on the official list of Academy Award-qualifying festivals.</li> <li>Ohio Brew Week, founded in 2005 as a way to increase commerce in the town of Athens while students were away for summer, has grown into a nine-day festival including dozens of Ohio craft breweries and hundreds of beers. Notable attendees have included Brooklyn Brewery president Steve Hindy and co-founder of Great Lakes Brewing Company Pat Conway. Events typically include keg tappings, live performances at local venues, and the "last call" street festival.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_recreation">Parks and recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Parks and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sells_lookout.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Sells_lookout.jpg/170px-Sells_lookout.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Sells_lookout.jpg/255px-Sells_lookout.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Sells_lookout.jpg/340px-Sells_lookout.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Sells Park Lookout</figcaption></figure> <p>Athens recreation facilities include a community recreation center, several city parks and play grounds, public gardens, soccer fields, an arts center called Arts West, two off-leash enclosed dog parks, and an extensive scenic trail system in the city lands, adjacent Strouds Run State Park, and the Blair Preserve owned by the Athens Conservancy. The <a href="/wiki/Athens_Skate_Park" title="Athens Skate Park">Athens Skate Park</a> is the second largest <a href="/wiki/Skate_park" class="mw-redirect" title="Skate park">skate park</a> in Ohio. The City of Athens Ohio Community Recreation center (Athens Community Center), known simply as "The Rec Center" to locals, offers programming in athletics, childcare, sports camps, community events and more. Located in the East State Street area, the center is accessible from the <a href="/wiki/Hockhocking_Adena_Bikeway" title="Hockhocking Adena Bikeway">Hockhocking Adena Bikeway</a>. Recreation facilities include an outdoor swimming pool, a skate park, fitness equipment, an indoor walking and running track, event rental facilities, and playgrounds. The Arts, Parks and Recreation Department actively supports a variety of community recreation initiatives. It sponsors adult summer and fall slow-pitch softball that is popular among residents in Athens and the county. The recreation department has organized men's, women's, and co-ed leagues, although the co-ed leagues have seen strongest participation in recent years. Soccer leagues are organized year round, with programs offered through the Community Recreation Center, Ohio University and the Athens Soccer Academy. Youth sports, such as soccer leagues, summer camps and little league, are also supported by local residents. Programming for the arts are facilitated through Arts West, the Dairy Barn, and Ohio University. <a href="/wiki/Sells_Park" title="Sells Park">Sells Park</a> is located on the east side of Athens, near The City of Athens Ohio Community Recreation center. <a href="/wiki/Sells_Park" title="Sells Park">Sells Park</a> comprises 22.5 acres (980,491.87 ft²), and includes Sells Pond, a 1,876.03 square yards (1,568.60 m<sup>2</sup>) pond. <a href="/wiki/Strouds_Run_State_Park" title="Strouds Run State Park">Strouds Run State Park</a> is located just outside the city, bordering the city line. This park features 2,606 acres (10.55 km<sup>2</sup>) of wooded hills, including many <a href="/wiki/Cliff" title="Cliff">bluffs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rock_shelter" title="Rock shelter">rock shelters</a>, centered around a man-made <a href="/wiki/Lake" title="Lake">lake</a>. <a href="/wiki/Camping_(recreation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camping (recreation)">Camping</a> is available. Both <a href="/wiki/Sells_Park" title="Sells Park">Sells Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/Strouds_Run_State_Park" title="Strouds Run State Park">Strouds Run State Park</a> are part of The Athens Trail Network, a multi-use trail network branching out from <a href="/wiki/Sells_Park" title="Sells Park">Sells Park</a>. The City of Athens has recently established the <a href="/wiki/Strouds_Ridge_Preserve" title="Strouds Ridge Preserve">Strouds Ridge Preserve</a> project, currently including some 345 acres (140 ha), to save land from development adjacent to the state park. This preserve includes an 85-acre (340,000 m<sup>2</sup>) <a href="/wiki/Old-growth_forest" title="Old-growth forest">old-growth forest</a> known as "Hawk Woods", or, more formally, the Dale & Jacki <a href="/wiki/Riddle_State_Nature_Preserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Riddle State Nature Preserve">Riddle State Nature Preserve</a>. Also adjacent to the state park is the 75-acre (300,000 m<sup>2</sup>) Blair Preserve, owned by the <a href="/wiki/Athens_Conservancy" title="Athens Conservancy">Athens Conservancy</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Hockhocking_Adena_Bikeway" title="Hockhocking Adena Bikeway">Hockhocking Adena Bikeway</a> is a multi-use asphalt trail with its main hub (mile marker 0) at the Athens Community Center on East State Street. The trail extends 16.4 miles (26.4 km) northwest to Robbins' Crossing and <a href="/wiki/Hocking_College" title="Hocking College">Hocking College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nelsonville,_Ohio" title="Nelsonville, Ohio">Nelsonville</a> and on to the Rocky Brands complex near the Public Square, and approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) further east along East State Street and US Route 50 to South Canaan Road (Athens County Road 24A). Access points with parking are located at mile 4 at the West State Street Park, mile 10.2 off <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rt._682&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rt. 682 (page does not exist)">Rt. 682</a> in The Plains, and mile 16.4 at Robbins' Crossing and Hocking College. The trail, which generally follows the course of the Hocking River, provides access to the East State Street commercial areas, Ohio University's campus (at South Green and <a href="/wiki/Peden_Stadium" title="Peden Stadium">Peden Stadium</a>), The Plains, and Hocking College. It is designed for walking, running, biking, cross-country skiing, skating, and wheelchairs. Additionally several city streets are marked as bike lanes.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Athens is a qualified <a href="/wiki/Tree_City_USA" class="mw-redirect" title="Tree City USA">Tree City USA</a> as recognized by the <a href="/wiki/National_Arbor_Day_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="National Arbor Day Foundation">National Arbor Day Foundation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trails">Trails</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Trails"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Athens Trail Network is a multi-use trail network branching out from <a href="/wiki/Sells_Park" title="Sells Park">Sells Park</a> at the end of Avon Place. A series of twelve trails and connectors branch out into the surrounding woods, heading eastwards to eventually connect with the trails of Strouds Run State Park. The trails are designed for hiking, running, and biking, although some sections are off-limits to bicycles. The trails provide scenic views of the East State Street commercial area and travel past and through notable features such as Sells Pond, <a href="/wiki/Riddle_State_Nature_Preserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Riddle State Nature Preserve">Riddle State Nature Preserve</a> (also known as Hawk Woods), Boulder Cove, Turtlehead Cave (also known as Blue Ash Rockhouse), Finger Rock, Pioneer Cemetery, and Dow Lake at <a href="/wiki/Strouds_Run_State_Park" title="Strouds Run State Park">Strouds Run State Park</a>. The trail network is maintained by community and university volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2020_United_States_Presidential_Election_in_Athens,_Ohio.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/2020_United_States_Presidential_Election_in_Athens%2C_Ohio.svg/220px-2020_United_States_Presidential_Election_in_Athens%2C_Ohio.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/2020_United_States_Presidential_Election_in_Athens%2C_Ohio.svg/330px-2020_United_States_Presidential_Election_in_Athens%2C_Ohio.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/2020_United_States_Presidential_Election_in_Athens%2C_Ohio.svg/440px-2020_United_States_Presidential_Election_in_Athens%2C_Ohio.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="758" data-file-height="588" /></a><figcaption><b>2020 Presidential Election by Precinct</b> <br /> <b>Biden:</b> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#86b6f2ff; color:#86b6f2ff;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#1666cbff; color:#1666cbff;">    </span> 70–80%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#0645b4ff; color:#0645b4ff;">    </span> 80–90%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#002b84ff; color:#002b84ff;">    </span> 90–100%</span></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:County_Courthouse_Athens_OH_USA.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/County_Courthouse_Athens_OH_USA.JPG/150px-County_Courthouse_Athens_OH_USA.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/County_Courthouse_Athens_OH_USA.JPG/225px-County_Courthouse_Athens_OH_USA.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/County_Courthouse_Athens_OH_USA.JPG/300px-County_Courthouse_Athens_OH_USA.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Athens_Governmental_Buildings" title="Athens Governmental Buildings">Athens County Courthouse</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Athens_City_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Athens_City_Hall.jpg/220px-Athens_City_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Athens_City_Hall.jpg/330px-Athens_City_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Athens_City_Hall.jpg/440px-Athens_City_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Athens City Hall</figcaption></figure> <p>Athens is governed by a mayoral-council form of government. Elected officials include mayor, auditor, treasurer, seven council members, and council president. The mayor, auditor, and treasurer are elected for four-year terms. Council members and council president are elected for two-year terms. Four council members represent each of the city's four wards. Three council members are elected at-large. Council president only votes in case of a tie vote. City Hall is located in uptown on Washington Street. </p><p>Athens is also covered by the Athens County Department of Health, the Athens County Planning Office, and Athens County Job and Family Services. The city of Athens has a strict parking policy. The city has a professional Police Department since 1911 working 24/7 year round. Today the force is made up of about 30 Officers plus a like number of reserve officers and support staff.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ohio University also has a police force with about 25 officers.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each of these departments work well together and support each other. Both have additional help when needed by the county sheriff department. Athens Fire department founded in 1830 and became full-time in the 1930s has two stations, a staff of about 30. They work 24 on 48 hours off. The department not only covers the cities fire department needs but also that of Ohio University.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is part of the county-wide <a href="/wiki/Enhanced_911" title="Enhanced 911">Enhanced 911</a> system. This system is able to locate landline or registered cell phone users, and send a text or phone call message of alert to those who sign up.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city has a large number of rental homes/apartments which are inspected by the Housing Code Office.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city of Athens is the county seat making it the home of many county government offices and the county courthouse at the corner of Court and Washington streets. Each of Athens County's three commissioners are usually from the city of Athens. Athens is a stronghold of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Democratic_Party" title="Ohio Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a>. President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> visited the city and <a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a> late during the 2012 re-election campaign. The city and <a href="/wiki/Athens_County,_Ohio" title="Athens County, Ohio">Athens County</a> have voted <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> during all presidential elections since 1972 except for 1984. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Athens_East_Elementary.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Athens_East_Elementary.jpg/220px-Athens_East_Elementary.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Athens_East_Elementary.jpg/330px-Athens_East_Elementary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Athens_East_Elementary.jpg/440px-Athens_East_Elementary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Athens East Elementary</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a> is a public university located in Athens (30,000+ students<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) that is situated on an 1,800-acre (7.3 km<sup>2</sup>) campus. Founded in 1804, it is the oldest university in <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> oldest in the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territory" title="Northwest Territory">Northwest Territory</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and ninth oldest public university in the United States. Known as the Bobcats, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a> hosts over 250 academic programs,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 5,300 employees,<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has been recognized by the <a href="/wiki/John_Templeton_Foundation" title="John Templeton Foundation">John Templeton Foundation</a> as one of the top character building institutions in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to its main campus in Athens, Ohio University also operates regional campuses in Chillicothe, Cleveland, Dublin, Ironton (Ohio University - Southern), Lancaster, Pickerington, Proctorville, St. Clairsville (Ohio University - Eastern), and Zanesville.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outside of Ohio University, the residents of Athens are served by the Athens City School District, founded in the late 1840s. Currently it consists of 5 schools: East Elementary (PK-3), Morrison Gordon Elementary (PK-3), The Plains Intermediate School (4-6), Athens Middle School (grades 7–8), and <a href="/wiki/Athens_High_School_(The_Plains,_Ohio)" class="mw-redirect" title="Athens High School (The Plains, Ohio)">Athens High School</a> home of the 'Bulldogs' and Joe Burrow Stadium. East Elementary and Morrison Gordon Elementary were replaced with new buildings on the same locations, and opened in Fall 2021, and The Plains Intermediate was significantly remodeled for a re-opening in Fall 2022. In 2019, a new Athens High School was scheduled to begin design and construction in 2024 with a planned Fall 2026 opening.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of COVID and other work-related delays, work has not yet begun, but as a result of a tax-funded levy passed in November 2023 giving a $24 million bond to the Athens City School District (ACSD), as well as $28.5 million from the OFCC CFAP, construction will begin in 2025 and be completed within an estimated 18 to 30 months.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the city's east side, Athens has a public library, a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Athens_County_Public_Libraries" title="Athens County Public Libraries">Athens County Public Libraries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Athens_Messenger" title="The Athens Messenger">The Athens Messenger</a></i>, Athens' oldest newspaper, founded in 1848. Published five days per week.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Athens_News_(Ohio)" title="Athens News (Ohio)">Athens News</a></i>, a free weekly newspaper</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Post_(Ohio_newspaper)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Post (Ohio newspaper)">The Post</a></i>, the student newspaper of Ohio University</li> <li><i>The New Political</i>, digital student-run publication at Ohio University covering politics.</li> <li><i>The Matrix</i>, the student newspaper of Athens High School</li> <li>Athens Community Television Public access television, Spectrum cable, Channel 1021</li> <li>The Government Channel Athens city government television, Spectrum cable, Channel 1024</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSIB-LP&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WSIB-LP (page does not exist)">WSIB-LP</a>, 106.7, "Union Station" (oldies)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYWH-LP" class="mw-redirect" title="WYWH-LP">WYWH-LP</a>, 104.5 FM (Christian) (3ABN Radio Network)</li> <li>FM Public Radio: <a href="/wiki/WOUB-FM" title="WOUB-FM">WOUB-FM</a>, 91.3 FM, NPR Affiliate, BBC, American Public Media, contemporary adult alternative music</li> <li>AM Public Radio: <a href="/wiki/WOUB-AM" class="mw-redirect" title="WOUB-AM">WOUB-AM</a>, 1340 AM, Ohio University student-operated radio station</li> <li>Public Television: WOUB-TV, Channels 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 20.5, 20.6, PBS affiliate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WATH" title="WATH">WATH</a>-AM, 970 AM (oldies) (Athens; Flagship of Ohio University & Copperhead Baseball & Athens High School Football & Basketball)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WATH" title="WATH">WATH</a>-FM 97.1 FM (Athens; 70s and 80s pop-rock music)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXTQ" title="WXTQ">WXTQ</a>-FM, 105.5 (<a href="/wiki/Contemporary_hit_radio" title="Contemporary hit radio">CHR</a>) (Athens; Flagship of Ohio University Men's Basketball and Football & local area high school games)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJKW_(FM)" title="WJKW (FM)">WJKW</a>, 95.9 FM (Athens; <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Contemporary Christian">Contemporary Christian</a> format)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Athens_to_Nelsonville_on_bike_path_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Athens_to_Nelsonville_on_bike_path_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Athens_to_Nelsonville_on_bike_path_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Athens_to_Nelsonville_on_bike_path_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Athens_to_Nelsonville_on_bike_path_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Athens_to_Nelsonville_on_bike_path_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Athens_to_Nelsonville_on_bike_path_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hockhocking_Adena_Bikeway" title="Hockhocking Adena Bikeway">Hockhocking Adena Bikeway</a> from Athens to Nelsonville</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Railroad came to the city in the 1850s, with the last passenger train ending in 1981. That left a few freight trains passing near the city. Until 1981, Amtrak's <i><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_(Amtrak)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shenandoah (Amtrak)">Shenandoah</a></i> (Cincinnati - Washington, D.C.) stopped at <a href="/wiki/Athens_station_(Ohio)" title="Athens station (Ohio)">Athens station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In earlier years, the daily B&O trains, <i><a href="/wiki/Diplomat_(train)" title="Diplomat (train)">Diplomat</a></i> (St. Louis - Jersey City, NJ) and <i><a href="/wiki/National_Limited" title="National Limited">National Limited</a></i> (St. Louis - Jersey City, NJ) stopped at the station.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first 4-lane road into and out of the city came in the early 1970s. SR 32 from Athens to Cincinnati was completed in the early 1980s. Four lanes from Athens to <a href="/wiki/Belpre,_Ohio" title="Belpre, Ohio">Belpre</a>/<a href="/wiki/Parkersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Parkersburg">Parkersburg</a> was completed in the late 1990s on US-50, SR-32 & 7 hooking up with I-77.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In the early 2000s, SR-33 'Super-2' highway was complete, linking Athens to I-77 at <a href="/wiki/Ravenswood,_West_Virginia" title="Ravenswood, West Virginia">Ravenswood</a>, WVa. In October 2013, the last section of the 4-lane highway was completed, bypassing Nelsonville's two lane road on SR-33, linking Athens with <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus</a>. </p><p>Ohio University has a modern regional airport<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> about 15 miles southwest of the city near <a href="/wiki/Albany,_Ohio" title="Albany, Ohio">Albany</a> off US-50/SR-32 called <a href="/wiki/Gordon_K._Bush_Airport" title="Gordon K. Bush Airport">Gordon K. Bush Airport</a>. The runway is just over 5,000 feet long with landing system, lighting and hangars. The nearest airports with commercial flights are <a href="/wiki/Mid-Ohio_Valley_Regional_Airport" title="Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport">Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport</a> near Parkersburg, West Virginia and <a href="/wiki/John_Glenn_Columbus_International_Airport" title="John Glenn Columbus International Airport">John Glenn Columbus International Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker_International_Airport" title="Rickenbacker International Airport">Rickenbacker International Airport</a> near Columbus. </p><p>Athens has a public bus system which is free to OU students & staff and at a reduced price for seniors & school age students. It has several routes inside the city and one to <a href="/wiki/The_Plains,_Ohio" title="The Plains, Ohio">The Plains</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> OU has a bus system that links with a city bus system. Many student apartment complexes have their own bus shuttle. Athens also has an inter-city bus line from Athens to <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marietta,_Ohio" title="Marietta, Ohio">Marietta, Ohio</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>–the <a href="/wiki/GoBus_(Ohio)" title="GoBus (Ohio)">GoBus</a>–running twice a day with stops in-between.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_care">Health care</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Athens,_Ohio" title="Special:EditPage/Athens, Ohio">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>At <a href="/wiki/Ohio_University" title="Ohio University">Ohio University</a> the <a href="/wiki/Heritage_College_of_Osteopathic_Medicine" title="Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine">Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine</a> was established in 1975. It is currently the only osteopathic medical school in the state and offers the degree <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Osteopathic_Medicine" title="Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine">Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine</a> (D.O.). The college is accredited by the <a href="/wiki/American_Osteopathic_Association" title="American Osteopathic Association">American Osteopathic Association</a>. In 1993, Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., was appointed to the position of dean of the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine; she was the first African-American woman to serve as the dean of a U.S. medical school. The <a href="/wiki/Heritage_College_of_Osteopathic_Medicine" title="Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine">Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine</a> has 814 students enrolled across three campuses in Athens, Cleveland, and Dublin.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ohio University partners with University Medical Associates (UMA), which was founded in 2003, and is a wide-ranging medical service provider in multiple locations around the Athens area, both on campus and off. UMA's mission is to deliver health care services to the residents of southeastern Ohio while providing clinical training opportunities for future osteopathic physicians.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ohio University also runs Campus Care, which is an on-campus clinic for enrolled students.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, Athens is served by <a href="/wiki/OhioHealth" title="OhioHealth">OhioHealth</a> <a href="/wiki/O%27Bleness_Memorial_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="O'Bleness Memorial Hospital">O'Bleness Memorial Hospital</a> a 140+ bed non-profit community hospital founded in the early 1920s as Sheltering Arms Hospital. O'Bleness, built in the early 1970s, overlooks the Hocking River and is near the university campus. O'Bleness emergency department (as well as the lab & radiology) is open 24/7 365 days at year. The hospital has a helipad located near the ED. On the hospital grounds is the Cornwell Center, which houses a catheterization lab, cardiac/pulmonary rehabilitation program as well as medical offices. The Castrop Center houses Athens Cancer Center, medical offices plus a public pharmacy. A new 2 story Doctor's Park building open in 2021 with doctor offices, including exams and Lab.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Bleness was in a management agreement with OhioHealth from 2010 until early 2014 when O'Bleness became a whole part of the OhioHealth system.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early 2021 a new 2 story Medical Office building opened. Between 2019 and 2021 a new ICU opened, numerous equipment and facilities upgrades, and major expansion and renovation of the ED.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hopewellhealth.org/">Hopewell Health Centers</a> operate several health care facilities in Athens, including Athens Behavioral Health and Primary Care Clinic (90 Hospital Drive), Respite Adult Crisis Program (7976 Dairy Lane), Athens County WIC Program (215 Columbus Road, Suite 106), and Early Childhood Program (9 Kenny Drive). Hopewell Health Centers offer comprehensive behavioral health care, dental health care, and primary health care. A sliding fee scale is available for dental health care, primary health care, and some behavioral health care services. Board Certified/Board Eligible health professionals include family practice physicians, dentists, adult psychiatrists, child and adolescent psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and advanced practice nurses. Hopewell also employs social workers, counselors, psychologists, chemical dependency counselors, and a registered dietician.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.holzer.org/locations/locations-profile/?id=3">Holzer Athens</a>, (2131 East State Street) employs 42 health care professionals at its clinic. Their service line includes allergy and immunology, anesthesiology, audiology, breast health, cancer care, chiropractic care, ear, nose & throat, eye care, gastroenterology, gynecology, heart & vascular care, imaging & radiology, kidney care, lab services, low-dose CT, men's health, midwifery, occupational health & wellness, orthopedics, pain management, pediatrics, pharmacy, podiatry, pregnancy & birth, primary care, sleep medicine, sports medicine, surgery, therapy services, urgent care, women's health, and work health & wellness. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Burrow" title="Joe Burrow">Joe Burrow</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> football <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bengals" title="Cincinnati Bengals">Cincinnati Bengals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Cranston" title="Earl Cranston">Earl Cranston</a>, bishop in the <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="Methodist Episcopal Church">Methodist Episcopal Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dolce" title="Joe Dolce">Joe Dolce</a>, musician and poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eilaf_Egap" title="Eilaf Egap">Eilaf Egap</a>, chemist and professor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dow_Finsterwald" title="Dow Finsterwald">Dow Finsterwald</a>, professional golfer best known for winning the 1958 PGA Championship</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_Moore_Foster" title="Israel Moore Foster">Israel Moore Foster</a>, U.S. representative from Ohio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atul_Gawande" title="Atul Gawande">Atul Gawande</a>, surgeon who has written extensively on medicine and public health</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Hartman" title="Kevin Hartman">Kevin Hartman</a>, professional soccer player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hostetler" title="David Hostetler">David Hostetler</a>, sculptor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Orpha_Sampson_Hoyt" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth Orpha Sampson Hoyt">Elizabeth Orpha Sampson Hoyt</a> (1828–1912), philosopher, author, lecturer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Kappes" title="Stephen Kappes">Stephen Kappes</a>, deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_C._Kenney" title="Ralph C. Kenney">Ralph C. Kenney</a>, college coach and sports administrator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lefelhocz" title="John Lefelhocz">John Lefelhocz</a>, artist and quilter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_Lin" title="Maya Lin">Maya Lin</a>, architect and designer of the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial" title="Vietnam Veterans Memorial">Vietnam Veterans Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tan_Lin" title="Tan Lin">Tan Lin</a>, writer and artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Loomis" title="Jon Loomis">Jon Loomis</a>, poet and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Plunkett" title="Sandy Plunkett">Sandy Plunkett</a>, comic book artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeletonwitch" title="Skeletonwitch">Skeletonwitch</a>, an American metal band</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Stricklin_(baseball)" title="Scott Stricklin (baseball)">Scott Stricklin</a>, college baseball head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Swearingen" title="Fred Swearingen">Fred Swearingen</a>, NFL referee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Tripp" title="Art Tripp">Art Tripp</a>, percussionist noted for his work with Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wilhelm" title="David Wilhelm">David Wilhelm</a>, chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee" title="Democratic National Committee">Democratic National Committee</a> from 1993 to 1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Corner_Young" title="Jane Corner Young">Jane Corner Young</a>, composer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Athens,_Ohio&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of Ohio highlighting Athens County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Map_of_Ohio_highlighting_Athens_County.svg/80px-Map_of_Ohio_highlighting_Athens_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Map_of_Ohio_highlighting_Athens_County.svg/120px-Map_of_Ohio_highlighting_Athens_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Map_of_Ohio_highlighting_Athens_County.svg/160px-Map_of_Ohio_highlighting_Athens_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="1141" /></span><figcaption>Map of Ohio highlighting Athens County</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Village_(Ohio)" class="mw-redirect" title="Village (Ohio)">Villages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Township,_Athens_County,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Township, Athens County, Ohio">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ames_Township,_Athens_County,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ames Township, Athens County, Ohio">Ames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athens_Township,_Athens_County,_Ohio" title="Athens Township, Athens County, Ohio">Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bern_Township,_Ohio" title="Bern Township, Ohio">Bern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canaan_Township,_Athens_County,_Ohio" title="Canaan Township, Athens County, Ohio">Canaan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carthage_Township,_Athens_County,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Carthage Township, Athens County, Ohio">Carthage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover_Township,_Athens_County,_Ohio" title="Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Township,_Athens_County,_Ohio" title="Lee Township, Athens County, Ohio">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodi_Township,_Athens_County,_Ohio" title="Lodi Township, Athens County, Ohio">Lodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rome_Township,_Athens_County,_Ohio" title="Rome Township, Athens County, Ohio">Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trimble_Township,_Athens_County,_Ohio" title="Trimble Township, Athens County, Ohio">Trimble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Township,_Athens_County,_Ohio" title="Troy Township, Athens County, Ohio">Troy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Township,_Athens_County,_Ohio" title="Waterloo Township, Athens County, Ohio">Waterloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_Township,_Athens_County,_Ohio" title="York Township, Athens County, Ohio">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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