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Athens County

county in Ohio, United States
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Summary

Athens County is a county of Ohio[1]. It draws 735 Wikipedia views per month (county of ohio category, ranking #27 of 88).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ohio[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Athens[5]
  • Shares border with: Perry County[6], Meigs County[7], Hocking County[8], Vinton County[9], Morgan County[10], Washington County[11], Wood County[12]
  • Named after: Athens[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Athens[14], Albany[15]
  • Headquarters location: Athens[16]
  • Commons category: Athens County, Ohio[17]
  • Licence plate code: 05[18]
  • Inception: February 20, 1805[19]
  • Coordinate location: 39.33, -82.05[20]
  • Authority: government of Athens County[21]
  • Official website: http://www.co.athensoh.org[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Athens County, Ohio[23]
  • Population: 64,757[24], 65,198[25], 65,067[26], 64,489[27], 64,681[28], 65,886[29], 62,431[30]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Athens County, Ohio[31]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Athens County, Ohio[32]
  • Number of households: 22,539[33]
  • Native label: Athens County[34]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109735[35]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Athens County, Ohio[36]
  • Area: 1317[37]
  • Water as percent of area: 1[38]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Athens County, Ohio[39]
  • Per capita income: 22,287[40]

Why It Matters

Athens County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Related Entities

Ohio United States

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00225618
    Umls cui → C3827218
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Athens County, Ohio
    Taxonomicon id → 1807021
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Athens County, Ohio.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential e"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Country → —
    Coordinates → —
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 39.33, 'longitude': -82.05}
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C109735, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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