Athens Township, Athens County, Ohio
Athens Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 30,163 people in the township.
Adena Indian mounds at The Plains
Athens County is a county in southeastern Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 62,431. Its county seat and largest city is Athens. The county was formed in 1805 from Washington County. Because Ohio's first state university, Ohio University, was established here in 1804, the town and the county are named for the ancient center of learning, Athens, Greece.
The Athens County court house in Athens
Court Street, main street in uptown Athens
Ohio University in the Fall, facing its South Green