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Communities Also Named Athens ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Athens.

Within Ontario, the name Athens is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Limestone County
      • This Athens is located in Limestone County and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Athens.
    • Arkansas
      • Howard County
      • This Athens is located in Howard County and lies 1,191 miles [1,916.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Athens.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Athens is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,350 miles [3,782 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Athens.
    • Georgia
      • Clarke County
      • This Athens is located in Clarke County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Athens.
    • Illinois
      • Menard County
      • This Athens is located in Menard County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menard County community of Athens.
    • Indiana
      • Fulton County
      • This Athens is located in Fulton County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Athens.
    • Kansas
      • Jewell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Athens [Jewell County].
      • Woodson County
      • This Athens is located in Woodson County and lies 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodson County community of Athens.
    • Kentucky
      • Fayette County
      • This Athens is located in Fayette County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Athens.
    • Louisiana
      • Claiborne Parish
      • This Athens is located in Claiborne Parish and lies 1,233 miles [1,984.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne Parish community of Athens.
    • Maine
      • Somerset County
      • This Athens is located in Somerset County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Athens.
    • Michigan
      • Calhoun County
      • This Athens is located in Calhoun County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Athens.
    • Minnesota
      • Isanti County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Athens [Isanti County].
    • Mississippi
      • Monroe County
      • This Athens is located in Monroe County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Athens.
    • Missouri
      • Clark County
      • This Athens is located in Clark County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Athens.
    • Nebraska
      • Richardson County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Athens [Richardson County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Athens.
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • This Athens is located in Greene County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Athens.
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Athens [Robeson County].
    • Ohio
      • Athens County
      • This Athens is located in Athens County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Athens.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bradford County
      • This Athens is located in Bradford County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Athens.
    • Tennessee
      • McMinn County
      • This Athens is located in McMinn County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Athens.
    • Texas
      • Henderson County
      • This Athens is located in Henderson County and lies 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Athens.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Athens is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Athens.
    • Vermont
      • Windham County
      • This Athens is located in Windham County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Athens.
    • Virginia
      • Caroline County
      • This Athens is located in Caroline County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Athens.
    • West Virginia
      • Mercer County
      • This Athens is located in Mercer County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Athens.
    • Wisconsin
      • Marathon County
      • This Athens is located in Marathon County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marathon County community of Athens.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Athens ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Delta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <5>
  • Frankville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frankville <5>
  • Greenbush
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Harlem
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harlem came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
  • Hawkes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkes
  • Junetown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junetown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junetown
  • Mallorytown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallorytown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallorytown
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mallorytown <5>
  • Oak Leaf
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
  • Plum Hollow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum Hollow came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Hollow
  • Rocksprings
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocksprings came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksprings
  • Spring Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Tincap
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tincap came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincap

How Far From Athens to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Athens to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Athens and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Athens to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,613 miles [9,033.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,339 miles [10,201.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,216 miles [6,785 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Athens: www.athenstownship.ca/

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Athens) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Athens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6267, Longitude: -75.9504    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Athens could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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 Athens, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Athens to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.691 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.997 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.77 degrees.




 

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