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So far, we found very little information about Atherton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Atherton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Atherton, please Contact Us.

Atherton would have been located within present day Licking County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Atherton, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Atherton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Atherton is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Atherton was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Atherton still existed, it would have been in the (740) area code.

Communities Also Named Atherton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Atherton - they are located in California, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri (2) and Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Atherton.

Communities near Atherton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Atherton.

  • Newark
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lancaster
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Reynoldsburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Pickerington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Pataskala
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pataskala have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pataskala
    • Pataskala is located in Licking County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,010 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pataskala <5>
  • Heath
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heath have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
    • Heath is located in Licking County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,035 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath <5>
  • Granville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Baltimore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baltimore have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
    • Baltimore is located in Fairfield County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baltimore <5>
  • Utica
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Utica is located in Licking County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,280 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Utica <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Atherton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Atherton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Atherton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Atherton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Atherton. See our Newspapers Page for Atherton.

Adding Atherton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Atherton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Atherton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Atherton post office opened in 1884.

We also found Atherton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Atherton.

The official website for Licking County: www.lcounty.com/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Atherton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Licking, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Atherton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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