Athens (Vermont)

Windham County

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Athens is a municipality (town ) in the state of Vermont in the United States. In the census of 2010, 442 people were registered here. Common sources of revenue are timber and grazing.

The Town was incorporated on May 3, 1780 by Governor Benning Wentworth as part of the proclamations of Vermont Charter; the colonization took place from Massachusetts from. The reason for the naming of the Town is not known; in the first mention of the place is spoken by Athans instead of Athens, so not necessarily the city of Athens has to be named. Originally about twice as large as today, the southern half of 1780 proclaimed settlement area on November 30, 1794, split off and declared a separate Town Brookline. Between 1827 and 1907 a separate post office was located in the community.

The Town of Athens has a single settlement area which is also called the Athens. It is a little village, which is located in north-south orientation in a valley of the Green Mountains, which runs about ten kilometers west parallel to the Connecticut River. The village is crossed by the Vermont State Route 35, which connects the town to the north by Cambridge Port, on the southwest by Townshend. The northern boundary of the Town touches the Saxtons River, a tributary of the Connecticut River.

The village has its own primary school and a Christian parish church.

Nearby Cities

All information bee-line distances.

  • North: Cambridge Port, 1.9 km
  • Northeast: Rockingham, 8.5 km
  • East: Bellows Falls, 10.0 km
  • Southeast: Westminster 11.5 km
  • South: Dummerston, 21.5 km
  • Southwest: Townshend, 12.5 km
  • Southwest: Wardsboro, 21.0 km
  • West: Winhall, 28.5 km
  • North West: Grafton, 5.4 km

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Henry L. Bowles (1866-1932), politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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