The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusAthens is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 952 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,019 to 952 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1985.
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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Athens’s history is told.
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Athens, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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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 (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.