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  • City Description

    Athens is a city in Limestone County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 18,967. According to the 2007 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 22,936. The city is the county seat of Limestone County and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. Founded in 1818 by John Coffee, Robert Beaty, John D. Carroll, and John Read, Athens is one of the oldest incorporated cities in the State of Alabama, having been incorporated one year prior to the state's admittance to the Union in 1819. Limestone County was also created by an act of the Alabama Territorial Legislature in 1818. The town was first called Athenson, then the name was then shortened to Athens, after the ancient city in Greece. The town's first mayor was Samuel Tanner, and the town just south of Athens was named on his behalf. The Athens area was the home of William Wyatt Bibb, the first Governor of Alabama, and of its second Governor, his brother Thomas Bibb, who succeeded him in office when he died in a fall from his horse. In 1822, local residents purchased 5 acres (20,000 m) of land and built a building to house the Athens Female Academy. The school

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    City Contained By:

    • Limestone County
    • Alabama
    • United States of America

    City Contains:

    • Athens State University
    • Robert Donnell House
    • Alabama Main Post Office Old Athens
    • Governor George Smith Houston House

    Timezones:

    • Central Time zone

    Size:

    • 102.045531547 km squared
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