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Athens is an historic college town in Athens County, in southeastern Ohio, USA, on the Hocking River. Athens is the county seat of Athens County, and the center of the Athens (Ohio) Micropolitan Statistical Area (as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003). At the time of the 2000 census, the population was 21,342.

The first permanent European settlers arrived in Athens in 1797. In 1800, the townsite was first surveyed and plotted, but was not incorporated as a village until 1811. In the meantime, Ohio became a state in 1803, and Ohio University was chartered in 1804 becoming the first institution of higher learning in the Northwest Territory. Previously part of Washington County, Ohio, Athens County was formed in 1805.

Athens did not receive city status until 1912 (in Ohio, 5,000 permanent residents are required to receive city status). Athens still has only slightly over 6,100 permanent residents within city limits-- the other 19,000 population are students [1]. It should be noted that many people who work in Athens live outside the city limits in various housing developments. One new development, University Estates, is in the final stages of being incorporated into the city. The total population of Athens County is about 72,000.