Athens
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city in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- McMinn
- Named after
- Athens, Greece
- Type
- Council-manager
- Mayor
- Larry Eaton
- City manager
- Randall Dowling
- Total
- 15.51 sq mi (40.17 km )
- Land
- 15.51 sq mi (40.17 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 860 ft (262 m)
- Density
- 908.2/sq mi (350.65/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 37303 & 37371
- Fips code
- 47-02320
- Website
- www .cityofathenstn .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Athens
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- McMinn County
- Population
- 14084
- Area
- 36.20417
- Elevation
- 262
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- McMinn County
- Official website
- www.cityofathenstn.com/index.html
- Image
- Mcminn-county-courthouse1.jpg
- Households
- 5806
- Dialing code
- 423
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- Commons category
- Athens, Tennessee
- inception
- 1822-00-00
- P8168
- High and Low
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 23879
- postal code
- 37371
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Encyclopedic overview
Athens is the county seat of McMinn County, Tennessee, United States and the principal city of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 53,569. The city is located almost equidistantly between the major cities of Knoxville and Chattanooga. The population was 14,084 at the 2020 census. The population estimate for 2024 was 15,050 for the U.S census
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Athens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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