Athens County

Genealogy Resources

  HOME MAPS Archives Landscape Photos Vets Pictures Lookups
Read Old Queries Courthouse Civil War Veterans in SE Ohio Cemeteries Antique Family Photo's 141st Civil War Pensioners First Families (ACHS&M)
OU Library  Genealogy Society Search Engines Current Obituaries Athens county Towns Coal mine history and Millfield Disaster
Society of Civil War Families Administrator Athens State hospital and Asylum

Athens County Infirmary and Poorhouse Records

Athens Area Churches Athens Cemeteries and Locations

Administrator

New Search Engine Provided for Your Enjoyment!

Quick Search This Site:

PicoSearch
    Help

 

Athens County, Ohio Facts:

    Named For:  Athens, Greece

    Established:  Act - March 1, 1805

    Formed From:  Washington County

    Land Area:  506.8 Square Miles

    Location:  Southeast part of Ohio

    County Seat:  Athens city (1990 Population of 21,265)

    Townships and their 1990 populations:  Alexander (2,366), Ames (1,128), Athens (27,428),

Bern (543), Canaan (1,568), Carthage (1,360), Dover (3,595), Lee (2,233),

Lodi (1,238), Rome (1,429), Trimble (4,716), Troy (2,588), Waterloo (2,321) and York (7,036)

populations taken from census.gov 1990



Athens County Census Population by Year:

1800: --

1840: 19,109

1880: 28,411

1920: 50,430

1960: 46,839

1810: 2,791

1850: 18,215

1890: 35,194

1930: 44,175

1970: 54,889

1820: 6,338

1860: 21,364

1900: 38,730

1940: 46,166

1980: 56,399

1830: 9,787

1870: 23,768

1910: 47,798

1950: 45,839

1990: 59,549

Population in 2000: 62,223 persons

Median income: $28,965

Persons below poverty level: 19.1%

Children below poverty level: 23.6%



Great Offsite Links

First Families of Ohio at Ohio Genealogy Society Athens County Obitituaries in Logan Daily Timothy Fisher's online 1883 Hocking Valley History African Americans in SE Ohio Athens O U Archives and Genealogical Library Athens County Library- Nelsonville
Athens Photo's Sanborn Maps Athens, Ohio Online Rural Action Nelsonville Online American Revolution
Athens County Poorhouse Inventories Little Cities of Black Diamonds Using Deed Records for Genelealogy Research Athens News Online Ohio Underground Railroad Association Access Genealogy.com

opengen.net
Opengen.net
Ohio Historical Library

copyright 2000-2010

by webmaster Sandra Mitchell-Quinn
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Site updated August 2009

Thanks for Stopping By!