Athens, California

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Los Angeles. It is located about 10 miles [16 km] to the northwest of Athens and has a population of 3,694,820 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Long Beach. It is located about 11 miles [17 km] to the southeast of Athens and has a population of 461,522 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Anaheim	E	30 mi [48.28 km]	335,288	2.22% increase
	Fontana	E	48 mi [77.2 km]	184,984	43.48% increase
	Garden Grove	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	165,796	0.36% increase
	Glendale	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	197,176	1.13% increase
	Huntington Beach	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	192,620	1.6% increase
	Irvine	SE	33 mi [53.1 km]	207,500	45.03% increase
	Ontario	E	39 mi [62.8 km]	171,691	8.66% increase
	Orange	E	27 mi [43.45 km]	136,392	5.88% increase
	Pasadena	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	143,080	6.83% increase
	Pomona	E	31 mi [49.89 km]	152,699	2.16% increase
	Rancho Cucamonga	E	43 mi [69.2 km]	171,176	34% increase
	Riverside	E	50 mi [80.5 km]	295,357	15.75% increase
	Santa Ana	SE	26 mi [41.84 km]	339,130	0.34% increase
	Santa Clarita	N	36 mi [57.9 km]	169,500	12.19% increase
	Torrance	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	140,820	2.08% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alondra Park	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Carson	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	92,366	2.94% increase
	Compton	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	93,851	0.38% increase
	Gardena	SW	2 mi [3.22 km]	58,554	1.4% increase
	Hacienda Village	NE	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Hawthorne	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	84,305	0.23% increase
	Inglewood	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	112,714	0.12% increase
	Lawndale	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	31,346	1.15% decrease
	Lennox	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Lynwood	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	70,025	0.26% increase
	Walnut Park	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	West Athens	W	Less than 2 mi	---
	West Compton	S	Less than 2 mi	---
	Westmont	NW	Less than 2 mi	---
	Willowbrook	E	Less than 2 mi	---

Los Angeles County

Athens is located in Los Angeles County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Los Angeles: Kern, Orange, San Bernardino and Ventura.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Athens
	Orange County	E	Bingham	13 miles [20 km]
	Riverside County	E	La Sierra	39 miles [62 km]
	San Bernardino County	E	Sleepy Hollow	28 miles [45 km]
	Ventura County	NW	Corriganville	32 miles [51 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for California<3>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding 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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