History · Athens

Athens’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Athens Township is a township in Gentry County, Missouri, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 2084. Athens Township was named after the original name of what now is Albany, Missouri. A settlement in southwest Athens Township called Albany Junction was located at the junction between two railroads.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,178 to 2,084 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1972.

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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