The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusAthens ( AY-thənz) is a city in Menard County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,977 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,988 people in 2010, 1,977 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1980.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Athens yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Athens’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Athens’s history is told.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.