Athens County, Ohio

Founding: 1805
Parent county: Washington

Namesake: The city of Athens
Seats: Athens (1805–)

Land area: 504 square miles

Population (2020): 62,431

Population (historic): 2,791 (1810); 18,215 (1850); 28,411 (1880); 38,730 (1900); 44,175 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1840; 1850–1920; 1930s; 1950–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities; eight villages; five CDPs; 14 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,146 (23.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 47.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.4%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $948
Average outbuilding value (1930): $658
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,503
Average farm size (1920): 75.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey
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Athens

Namesake: Athens, Greece

Founding: 1800 (platting); 1802 (post office); 1811 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 23,849

Population (historic): 578 (1810); 808 (1850); 2,457 (1880); 3,066 (1900); 7,252 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1820; 1840–1860; 1870–1970; 1980–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,840 (23.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Ruel Rathburn House (c. 1880). 16960 State Route 329. Ames.
2. David Zenner House (1833). 82 South Plains Road. Athens.
3. Selby Farm (c. 1885). 16990 Joy Road. Bern. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
4. Charles Pruden House (c. 1850). 12875 Harmony Road. Canaan. Greek Revival.
5. Abijah Savage House (1804). 16738 US Highway 50. Canaan.
6. Daniel Weethee House (c. 1814). 9930 Monserat Road. Dover.
7. Joseph Clester House (1846). 9930 Monserat Road. Dover. Greek Revival.
8. Alanson Courtney Farm (c. 1830). 12279 River Road. Dover. Federal.
9. Abner Frost Farm (c. 1860). 17565 Bobo Road. Lodi. Gothic Revival.
10. David Ziggafoos House (c. 1850). Rainbow Lake Road and Possum Hollow Road. Lodi. Razed.
11. Artemus Crippen House (c. 1850). 22577 Beebe Road. Rome. Greek Revival.
12. Benjamin Johnson House (c. 1850). State Route 144, northeast of Bethany Ridge Road. Rome.
13. Edward Johnson House (c. 1840). 222 State Route 124. Troy. Federal.
14. Shepherd Humphrey House (c. 1830). 1667 State Route 144. Troy. Federal.
15. Aaron Whitmore House (1843). Happy Hollow Road, south of Stephenson Street. York. Razed.

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