History · Athens

Athens’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Athens is a city in and the county seat of Henderson County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 12,857. The city has called itself the "Black-Eyed Pea Capital of the World." Athens was selected as one of the first "Certified Retirement Communities" in Texas. Athens was incorporated in 1856 and was named after Athens, the capital of Greece.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 12,710 people in 2010, 12,857 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1978.

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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Before
2000

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