Athens, Illinois

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The city of Athens is located in Menard County.

Time Zone: Athens lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight savings time.

To help familiarize you with some neighboring communities:

Community	Population	Direction	Distance<1>
Middletown	420	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]
Elkhart	426	E	13 mi [20.92 km]
Broadwell	168	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]
New Holland	307	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]
Buffalo	451	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]

To learn about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Athens Neighborhood Page.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Athens had a population of 1,726 people..

From the Census estimates^<2> for 2007, Athens had a population of 1,784 people. This is an increase of 3.36% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the population changes since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010). The population counts for the years after 2000 are estimates (we have more details on the Census Page for Athens).

Athens is 600 feet [182.88 m] above sea level.^<3>

Communities that are also named Athens can be found in:

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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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