Athens is a city in Athens County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 23,849 at the 2020 United States census. Located along the Hocking River within Appalachian Ohio about 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Columbus, Athens is best known as the home of Ohio University, a large public research university with an undergraduate and graduate enrollment of more than 21,000 students. It is the principal city of the Athens micropolitan area.
Midwest
Athens
Athens County, OH
Population
22,698
Walk Score
78 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$981
Median home value
$232,200
Incorporated
1811
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Athens Downtown Historic District · listed 1982
- Athens State Hospital · listed 1980
- East State Street-Elmwood Place Historic District · listed 2010
- Ohio University Campus Green Historic District · listed 1979
- West Hills Historic District
- Wolf Plains · listed 1974
Notable landmarks
- Athens B & O Train Depot · listed 1983
- Athens Governmental Buildings · listed 1979
- Athens State Hospital Cow Barn · listed 1978
- Beasley Building · listed 1982
- Blackwood Covered Bridge · listed 1978
- Herrold, Thomas Jefferson, House and Store · listed 1980
- Manasseh Cutler Hall, Ohio University · listed 1966
- Mount Zion Baptist Church · listed 1980
- Sheltering Arms Hospital · listed 1982
- Stedman-Shafer Grocery Warehouse Building · listed 2020
- White's-Vale Mill · listed 1982
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