The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusAthalia is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 279 at the 2020 census. Athalia is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). According to tradition, Athalia was named after the daughter of a first settler.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 373 to 279 (-25%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Athalia 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 Athalia’s history is told.
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Athalia, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Athalia is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Athalia has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Miller-Knight House in Rome, 2.3 miles away.
Athalia and the nearest listed places
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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 (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.