The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community was named Concord; however, in 1896 another post office in Concord, Hampshire County, West Virginia was established and the town's name was changed to Athens after the Greek city and center of learning. The community incorporated as a town on August 6, 1906.
Located near Athens is the Col. William Henderson French House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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Start Athens’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Athens’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Athens, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Athens is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Athens has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Col. William Henderson French House in Athens, 1.9 miles away.
Athens and the nearest listed places
Closest to Athens
How a place gets listed
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 (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.