Athens, Alabama

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To acquaint you with some of the communities near Athens: The community of Elkmont lies just to the north (about 8 mi [12.87 km]^<1>). It has a population of 512^<2> people.

To the south of Athens is Decatur. It is 13 mi [20.92 km] away and has a population of 55,741 people.

Some other communities in the area: Harvest, 13 mi [20.92 km] to the east; Mooresville, 13 mi [20.92 km] to the southeast; Ardmore, 14 mi [22.53 km] to the northeast.

Below are some other communities neighboring Athens:

Community	Population	Direction	Distance
Hannah	---	SE	Less than 2 mi
Lakewood	---	NW	Less than 2 mi
Pinedale Acres	---	SW	Less than 2 mi
Bonnie Doone	---	S	2 mi [3.22 km]
Brookwood Forest	---	E	2 mi [3.22 km]
East Hampton	---	E	2 mi [3.22 km]
Alabama Fork	---	N	3 mi [4.83 km]
Bonneville	---	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]
Country Club Acres	---	S	3 mi [4.83 km]

The largest community (within a 50 mile [80 km] radius) is Huntsville. It is located about 22 miles [35 km] to the east of Athens and has a population of 171,327 people.

The city of Athens is located in Limestone County and is the county seat.

Below are counties that are near Athens (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, the community that is closest to Athens is also shown.

County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Athens
Colbert County	W	Fosters Mill	25 miles [40 km]
Cullman County	S	Battleground	34 miles [54 km]
Franklin County	SW	Bethsaida	37 miles [59 km]
Jackson County	E	Paint Rock	37 miles [59 km]
Lauderdale County	W	Cave Spring	9 miles [14 km]
Lawrence County	SW	Paradise Shores	10 miles [16 km]
Madison County	E	Clarkdale	11 miles [17 km]
Marshall County	SE	Mount Olive	33 miles [53 km]
Morgan County	S	Decatur	13 miles [20 km]
Winston County	S	Upshaw	37 miles [59 km]

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Athens. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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