Athens, Missouri

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Athens is an unincorporated community in the now inactive township of Grant in Clark County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is southeast of the Battle of Athens State Historic Site.

History

Athens was laid out and platted in 1844. [2] The community was named for Athens, Greece. [3] [4] A post office called Athens was established in 1841, and remained in operation until 1922. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Athens, Missouri
  2. ↑ Earngey, Bill (1995). Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion. University of Missouri Press. p. 9. ISBN   9780826210210.
  3. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  276.
  4. ↑ Merkner, Sue A. (Jul 27, 1977). "Odd places give Missouri towns foreign names". The Nevada Daily Mail. p. 5. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

Coordinates: 40°34′57″N91°41′55″W / 40.58250°N 91.69861°W / 40.58250; -91.69861


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