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Athens County, Ohio

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40newspaper titles
0digitized titles
29historic places
1800earliest paper
1805formed
62,431pop. 2020
133cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 40 newspaper titles published in Athens County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 29 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Athens, Nelsonville, Millfield.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Athens

Library of Congress
40 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
The Buckeye NewsNelsonville1800–1999
Athens Mirror and Literary RegisterAthens1825–1830
Western Spectator and Athenian ChronicleAthens1830–1837
Hocking Valley Gazette and Athens JournalAthens1837–1844
The Athens Messenger and Hocking Valley GazetteAthens1844–1861
The Free PresbyterianAlbany, Yellow Springs1853–1857
The Athens MessengerAthens1861–1893
Amesville ObserverAmesville1864–1864
The Athens County JournalAthens1870–1874
The Albany AdvertiserAlbany1875–1899
The Athens JournalAthens1875–1912
The Albany EchoAlbany1876–1890
The Daily Trestle-BoardAthens1877–1877
The Athens RepublicanAthens1881–1882
The Athens HeraldAthens1882–1893
The Torch LightTorch1886–1899
The Trimble DoingsTrimble1886–1899
The Valley RegisterNelsonville1886–1917
Athens County GazetteAthens1889–1909
Glouster GazetteGlouster1889–1894
Ohio University PanoramaAthens1892–1899
The Albany AdvanceAlbany, Lee-Albany1893–1895
The Athens Messenger and HeraldAthens1894–1902
The Albany TribuneAlbany1895–1999
The PressGlouster1896–1899
Glouster PressGlouster1899–1971
The Athens MessengerAthens1902–1909
Athens Daily MessengerAthens1905–1918
The Athens MessengerAthens1918–?
The Athens MessengerAthens1918–?
The Silent MessengerAlbany1923–1924
The Albany MessengerAlbany1924–1999
Flemings American ExaminerAthens1935–1999
The Nelsonville TribuneNelsonville1935–1971
The Albany ProgressAlbany1937–1999
Athens County Press and Nelsonville TribuneNelsonville1971–1971
Hocking Valley PressNelsonville1971–1972
Athens "A" NewsAthens1977–1978
The Athens NewsAthens1979–?
The Athens NewsAthens1979–?

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18001856191319692026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

18 of 29 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

29 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Athens B & O Train DepotAthensBuilding1983
Athens County InfirmaryMillfieldDistrict2003
Athens Downtown Historic DistrictAthensDistrict1982
Athens Governmental BuildingsAthensBuilding1979
Athens State HospitalAthensDistrict1980
Athens State Hospital Cow BarnAthensBuilding1978
Beasley BuildingAthensBuilding1982
Blackwood Covered BridgeAthensStructure1978
Clester, Joseph, HouseChaunceyBuilding1980
Dew HouseNelsonvilleBuilding1978
East State Street-Elmwood Place Historic DistrictAthensDistrict2010
FederaltonStewartBuilding1976
Herrold, Thomas Jefferson, House and StoreAthensBuilding1980
Hocking Valley Coal Company Town Historic DistrictThe PlainesDistrict2007
Hocking Valley Railway Historic DistrictNelsonvilleDistrict1988
Kidwell Covered BridgeTruetownStructure1977
Manasseh Cutler Hall, Ohio University NHLAthensBuilding1966
Mount Zion Baptist ChurchAthensBuilding1980
Nelsonville Historic DistrictNelsonvilleDistrict1996
Ohio University Campus Green Historic DistrictAthensDistrict1979
Palos Covered BridgeGlousterStructure1977
Savage-Stewart HouseCanaanvilleBuilding1980
Sheltering Arms HospitalAthensBuilding1982
Stedman-Shafer Grocery Warehouse BuildingAthensBuilding2020
Stuart's Opera HouseNelsonvilleBuilding1978
Sunday Creek Coal Company Mine No. 6East MillfieldStructure1978
Weethee Historic DistrictMillfieldDistrict1980
White's-Vale MillAthensBuilding1982
Wolf PlainsAthensDistrict1974

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Athens was formed in 1805 (1805-03-01) from Washington.

ATHENS created from WASHINGTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Athens County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

65k34k2,7911810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,7916,33819,10921,36428,41138,73050,43046,16645,83946,99856,39962,22362,431

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

133 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 133 listed
NameLatLon
Alexander Union Cemetery39.26034-82.16403
Angel Cemetery39.26284-82.04764
Asbury Cemetery39.2559-81.95347
Athens Cemetery39.3309-82.11209
Augustine Cemetery39.37646-82.09514
Barnhill Cemetery39.21399-81.9505
Barrows Cemetery39.30292-81.83671
Bassett Cemetery39.27757-82.1057
Bates Cemetery39.26396-82.09236
Bean Cemetery39.28396-81.91486
Beasley Cemetery39.41451-81.96125
Beebe Cemetery39.313-81.86741
Bethany Cemetery39.27701-81.86458
Bethel Cemetery39.20102-81.83252
Bethel Ridge Cemetery39.49201-82.14875
Bishop Cemetery39.24535-81.96935
Bishopville Cemetery39.51165-82.05134
Brooks Cemetery39.35558-82.25072
Brown Cemetery39.40256-82.08518
Buchtel Cemetery39.46728-82.19403
Buck Cemetery39.26618-81.94263
Burson Cemetery39.22797-82.04185
Butts Cemetery39.29899-81.8361
Canaanville Cemetery39.32784-81.99736
Carter Cemetery39.37359-82.20826
Carthage Cemetery39.25368-81.90236
Chase Cemetery39.2034-82.09931
Clarks Chapel Cemetery39.31173-82.06569
Concord Cemetery39.4509-82.0507
Connett Cemetery39.41562-82.25653
Coolville Cemetery39.2209-81.81069
Copeland Cemetery39.35721-81.92594
Crippen Cemetery39.30877-81.85539
Crossroads Cemetery39.21621-82.17596
Cumberland Cemetery39.25449-82.16813
Cutler Cemetery39.41642-81.96568
Dew Cemetery39.46784-82.1982
Factory Cemetery39.3384-82.18653
Fairview Cemetery39.24396-81.84624
Federal Hill Cemetery39.42645-81.96847
Ferguson Cemetery39.3034-82.29737
Finsterwald Cemetery39.31603-81.86269
Fort Street Cemetery39.46284-82.23265
Frame Cemetery39.22285-81.79957
Garden Cemetery39.2109-81.97652
Gates Cemetery39.23062-82.06069
Gilham Cemetery39.30204-82.15319
Glouster Cemetery39.51152-82.06858
Graham Chapel Cemetery39.26784-82.02097
Greenlawn Cemetery39.43173-82.19236
Guysville Cemetery39.29336-81.92322
Haga Church Cemetery39.33312-81.86569
Haines Cemetery39.33348-82.16673
Haning Cemetery39.20448-82.14809
Henrys Cemetery39.40063-81.95145
Hewett Cemetery39.32517-82.26473
Hewitt Cemetery39.34889-82.24516
Higgin Cemetery39.29728-82.13183
Hocking Cemetery39.36923-82.12403
Hockingport Cemetery39.19005-81.75223
Holmes Cemetery39.31617-82.189
Hooper Ridge Cemetery39.43202-82.00903
Howson Cemetery39.32293-82.26632
Humphrey Cemetery39.20583-81.79234
Hunter Cemetery39.36062-82.06764
Jeffers Cemetery39.23875-82.06237
Jerseyville Cemetery39.2259-82.03542
Johnson Cemetery39.50728-82.11153
Judd Cemetery39.3398-82.28122
Kilvert Cemetery39.34534-81.88708
Lefever Cemetery39.49309-82.05472
Littler Cemetery39.31644-82.16424
Lottridge Cemetery39.22501-81.87577
Lyndon Cemetery39.18488-81.77502
Mansfield Cemetery39.28158-82.04336
Mansfield Cemetery39.33538-82.04621
Maplewood Cemetery39.50645-82.05792
Marshfield Cemetery39.32451-82.21125
Martin Cemetery39.217-82.24805
McCole Cemetery39.29895-82.06653
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Goose Run39.49396-82.15154
Ingham39.31396-82.29654

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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