Athens ( Eng. Athens , Russian Athens ) is a city in the USA , Alabama , the administrative center of Lymestone County .
| City | |||
| Athens | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens | |||
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| A country |  USA | ||
| State | Alabama | ||
| County | Limestone | ||
| The mayor | William Marx (2012) | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Based | 1818 | ||
| Former names | Atenson Athenson | ||
| Square | 102.1 km² | ||
| Center height | 243 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC − 6 ; summer UTC − 5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 21 897 people ( 2010 ) | ||
| Density | 214.9 people / km² | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +1 256 938 | ||
| Postal codes | 35611-35614 | ||
| FIPS | 01-02956 | ||
| GNIS | |||
| athensal.us | |||
History
Athens was founded in 1818 by John Coffee, Robert Beaty , John D. Carroll and John Read , and is one of the oldest cities in Alabama. It was originally called Atenson , but later the name was reduced to Athens , in honor of the capital of Greece . The administrative center of the district since 1819 [1] .
In 1822, the inhabitants of the city bought 20,000 m² of land, and they began the construction of the Athens Women's Academy, which became known as the Athens College of Women in 1842, the Athens College in 1932, and Athens State University in 1974. )
On May 2, 1862, during the Civil War , Athens was captured by the troops of Colonel John Turchin , who told his soldiers: "For two hours I close my eyes and see nothing." For the rest of the day, the city was severely defeated, at least one woman was raped, and another had a miscarriage from horror, and she died. Later, this pogrom was called “rape of Athens” [2] [3] .
In 1865-1907, a school for the children of freed slaves worked in the city. Currently, only a cistern for collecting rainwater from the roof remains from it [4] .
The city is home to the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant, built in 1966.
Demographics
- Racial composition
- White - 77.7%
- African Americans - 18.3%
- Native Americans - 0.4%
- Asians - 0.7%
- Other races - 1.9%
- Two or more races - 1.0%
- Hispanics (any race) - 4.9%
- Population
- 1850 - 991 inhabitants [5]
- 1860 - no data
- 1870 - 887
- 1880 - 1011 (+ 14.0%)
- 1890 - 940 (-7.0%)
- 1900 - 1010 (+ 7.4%)
- 1910 - 1715 (+ 69.8%)
- 1920 - 3323 (+ 93.8%) [6]
- 1930 - 4233 (+ 27.4%)
- 1940 - 4342 (+ 2.6%)
- 1950 - 6309 (+ 45.3%) [7]
- 1960 - 9330 (+ 47.9%)
- 1970 - 14,360 (+ 53.9%)
- 1980 - 14 558 (+ 1.4%) [8]
- 1990 - 16 901 (+ 16.1%)
- 2000 - 18 967 (+ 12.2%)
- 2010 - 21,897 (+ 15.4%)
Transport
Major roads I-65 ( Interstate 65 ), I-565 ( Interstate 565 ) and US 72 ( US Route 72 ) pass through the city, or in the immediate vicinity of it; Rail transport is carried out by Norfolk Southern Railway ( Norfolk Southern Railway ) and CSX Transportation .
The city is located Pryor Field Regional Airport .
Notes
- ↑ Lymestone County archives.state.al.us
- ↑ Athens pogrom on marker.limestonecountyhistoricalsociety.org
- ↑ Rape Of Athens. "I See Nothing." May 2, 1862 Archived March 4, 2016. on civilwar.bluegrass.net
- ↑ Trinity Tank at marker.limestonecountyhistoricalsociety.org
- ↑ U.S. Census of 1850 on census.gov
- ↑ 1920 US Census at census.gov
- ↑ 1950 US Census at census.gov
- ↑ 1980 U.S. Census at census.gov
Links
- Official website of the city
- Athens: population, maps, demographics, crime, climate, etc. on the site city-data.com
- Athens at open-public-records.com
- Athens downtown
- Athens - Tourism
- Athens plus
- Jews in Athens on isjl.org