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Athens, Georgia

January 26, 2023

This article is about the city in the U.S. state of Georgia. For the Greek capital, see Athens. For other uses, see Athens (disambiguation).

Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of downtown Atlanta, and is a satellite city of the capital. The University of Georgia, the state's flagship public university and an R1 research institution, is in Athens and contributed to its initial growth. In 1991, after a vote the preceding year, the original City of Athens abandoned its charter to form a unified government with Clarke County, referred to jointly as Athens–Clarke County.[6]

Athens, Georgia
Consolidated city–county
Athens–Clarke County
Athens City Hall
Seal
Nickname: 
"The Classic City"
Location in Clarke County and the state of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Location in Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 33°57′N 83°23′W / 33.950°N 83.383°W / 33.950; -83.383Coordinates: 33°57′N 83°23′W / 33.950°N 83.383°W / 33.950; -83.383
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountyClarke
Settled1801; 222 years ago (1801)
As TownDecember 1806 (1806-12)
As CityAugust 24, 1872 (1872-08-24)
Named forAthens, Greece
Government
 • MayorKelly Girtz[1]
Area
[2]
 • Consolidated city–county118.10 sq mi (305.87 km2)
 • Land116.33 sq mi (301.29 km2)
 • Water1.77 sq mi (4.58 km2)
Elevation
636 ft (194 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Consolidated city–county127,315
 • Rank218th in the United States
6th in Georgia
 • Density1,094.43/sq mi (422.57/km2)
 • Metro
[4]
215,415 (212th)
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code
30601-30609, 30612
Area code706
FIPS code13-03440[5]
Websiteathensclarkecounty.com

As of 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau's population of the consolidated city-county (all of Clarke County except Winterville and a portion of Bogart) was 127,315.[3] Athens is the sixth-largest city in Georgia, and the principal city of the Athens metropolitan area,[7] which had a 2020 population of 215,415, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.[4] Metropolitan Athens is a component of the larger Atlanta–Athens–Clarke County–Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area.[8]

The city is dominated by a pervasive college town culture and music scene centered in downtown Athens, next to the University of Georgia's North Campus.[9] Major music acts associated with Athens include numerous alternative rock bands such as R.E.M., the B-52's, Widespread Panic, Drive-By Truckers, of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Harvey Milk. The city is also known as a recording site for such groups as the Atlanta-based Indigo Girls. The 2020 book Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture describes Athens as the model of the indie culture of the 1980s.[10]

History

 
Historic American Buildings of Athens in 1936

In the late 18th century, a trading settlement on the banks of the Oconee River called Cedar Shoals stood where Athens is today.[11] On January 27, 1785, the Georgia General Assembly granted a charter by Abraham Baldwin for the University of Georgia as the first state-supported university. Georgia's control of the area was established following the Oconee War. In 1801, a committee from the university's board of trustees selected a site for the university on a hill above Cedar Shoals, in what was then Jackson County. On July 25, 1801, John Milledge, one of the trustees and later governor of Georgia, bought 633 acres (256 hectares) from Daniel Easley and donated it to the university. Milledge named the surrounding area Athens after the city that was home to the Platonic Academy of Plato and Aristotle in Classical Greece.[12]

 
City Hall on College Avenue in Downtown Athens, seen across Washington Street

The first buildings on the University of Georgia campus were made from logs. The town grew as lots adjacent to the college were sold to raise money for the additional construction of the school. By the time the first class graduated from the university in 1804, Athens consisted of three homes, three stores, and a few other buildings facing Front Street, now known as Broad Street. Completed in 1806 and named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, Franklin College was the first permanent structure of the University of Georgia and the city of Athens. This brick building is now known as Old College.

Athens officially became a town in December 1806 with a government made up of a three-member commission.[13] The university and town continued to grow with cotton mills fueling the industrial and commercial development. Athens became known as the "Manchester of the South" after the city in England known for its mills. In 1833 a group of Athens businessmen led by James Camak, tired of their wagons getting stuck in the mud, built one of Georgia's first railroads, the Georgia, connecting Athens to Augusta by 1841, and to Marthasville (now Atlanta) by 1845. In the 1830s and 1840s, transportation developments and the growing influence of the University of Georgia made Athens one of the state's most important cities as the Antebellum Period neared the height of its development. The university essentially created a chain reaction of growth in the community which developed on its doorstep.[14]

During the American Civil War,[15] Athens became a significant supply center when the New Orleans armory was relocated to what is now called the Chicopee building. Fortifications can still be found along parts of the North Oconee River between College Avenue and Oconee Street. In addition, Athens played a small part in the ill-fated "Stoneman Raid" when a skirmish was fought on a site overlooking the Middle Oconee River near what is now the old Macon Highway.[16] A Confederate memorial that used to stand on Broad Street near the University of Georgia Arch was removed the week of August 10, 2020.[17]

During Reconstruction, Athens continued to grow. The form of government changed to a mayor-council government with a new city charter on August 24, 1872, and Henry Beusse was elected as the first mayor of Athens.[18] Beusse was instrumental in the city's rapid growth after the Civil War. After serving as mayor, he worked in the railroad industry and helped bring railroads to the region, creating growth in many of the surrounding communities. Freed slaves moved to the city, where many were attracted by the new centers for education such as the Freedmen's Bureau. This new population was served by three black newspapers: the Athens Blade, the Athens Clipper, and the Progressive Era.[19]

In the 1880s, as Athens became more densely populated, city services and improvements were undertaken. The Athens Police Department was founded in 1881 and public schools opened in the fall of 1886. Telephone service was introduced in 1882 by the Bell Telephone Company. Transportation improvements were also introduced with a street paving program beginning in 1885 and streetcars, pulled by mules, in 1888.

 
Broad Street in Downtown Athens near North Campus of the University of Georgia

By the centennial in 1901, Athens had experienced a century of development and growth. A new city hall was completed in 1904. An African-American middle class and the professional class grew around the corner of Washington and Hull Streets, known as the "Hot Corner", where the Morton Building was constructed in 1910.[20] The theater at the Morton Building hosted movies and performances by black musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Duke Ellington. In 1907 aviation pioneer Ben T. Epps became Georgia's first pilot on a hill outside town that would become the Athens-Ben Epps Airport.

The last, and perhaps only, lynching in Athens occurred on February 16, 1921, when a mob of 3,000 people attacked the Athens courthouse and carried off John Lee Eberhart. Eberhart had been arrested for the murder of his employer, Ida D. Lee, with a shotgun in Oconee County. That night he was driven back to the Lee farm where a mock trial was held. Though he refused to confess, he was tied to a stake and burned to death. The lynching received widespread attention.[21]

During World War II, the U.S. Navy built new buildings and paved runways to serve as a training facility for naval pilots. In 1954, the U.S. Navy chose Athens as the site for the Navy Supply Corps school. The school was in Normaltown in the buildings of the old Normal School. It closed in 2011 under the Base Realignment and Closure process. The 56-acre (23-hectare) site is now home to the University of Georgia/Medical College of Georgia Medical Partnership, the University of Georgia College of Public Health, and other health-related programs

In 1961, Athens witnessed part of the civil rights movement when Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes became the first two black students to enter the University of Georgia.[22] Despite the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling in 1954, the Athens–Clarke County school district remained segregated until 1964.

Timeline

Timeline of Athens, Georgia

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the balance has a total area of 118.2 square miles (306.1 km2), of which 117.8 square miles (305.1 km2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) (0.41%) is water.

Athens lies within the humid subtropical climate zone, with hot, humid summers and mild to moderately cold winters. Annual rainfall averages 49.7 inches (1,260 mm). Light to moderate snowfall can occur in winter. In the spring, frequent thunderstorms can sometimes become severe, even producing tornadoes. The city itself sits on a series of anomalous hills, unique to the Piedmont region.

Climate

Athens has a humid subtropical climate.[42] Its climatic regime is in many ways typical of Southeastern United States with hot summers transitioning into cool winters, but with precipitation being consistently high throughout the year. Normal monthly temperatures range from 43.5 °F (6.4 °C) in January to 80.6 °F (27.0 °C) in July; on average, maxima reach 90 °F (32 °C) or higher and stay below 40 °F (4 °C) on 58 and 5.8 days annually, and there are 48 days annually with a minimum at or below freezing.[43]

Official record temperatures range from −4 °F (−20 °C) on January 21, 1985 to 109 °F (43 °C) on June 29, 2012;[43] the record cold daily maximum is 18 °F (−8 °C) on January 30, 1966, while, conversely, the record warm daily minimum is 79 °F (26 °C) as recently as August 11, 2007.[43] Temperatures rarely fall below 10 °F (−12 °C), having last occurred January 7, 2014.[43] The average window for freezing temperatures is November 5 to March 24, allowing a growing season of 225 days.[43]

Precipitation is relatively well spread (though the summer months are slightly wetter), and averages 46.3 inches (1,180 mm) annually, but has historically ranged from 28.61 in (727 mm) in 1954 to 71.39 in (1,813 mm) in 1964.[43] Snowfall is sporadic, averaging 2.9 inches (7.4 cm) per winter, but has reached 13.6 inches (34.5 cm) in 2010–2011.[43]

Climate data for Athens, Georgia (Ben Epps Airport), 1991–2020 normals,[44] extremes 1893–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 80
(27) 		83
(28) 		89
(32) 		97
(36) 		100
(38) 		109
(43) 		108
(42) 		107
(42) 		108
(42) 		100
(38) 		86
(30) 		80
(27) 		109
(43)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 71
(22) 		75
(24) 		82
(28) 		86
(30) 		92
(33) 		96
(36) 		98
(37) 		98
(37) 		93
(34) 		86
(30) 		79
(26) 		72
(22) 		100
(38)
Average high °F (°C) 54.7
(12.6) 		58.9
(14.9) 		66.8
(19.3) 		74.8
(23.8) 		82.3
(27.9) 		88.9
(31.6) 		92.0
(33.3) 		90.4
(32.4) 		84.6
(29.2) 		75.1
(23.9) 		64.9
(18.3) 		56.8
(13.8) 		74.2
(23.4)
Daily mean °F (°C) 44.3
(6.8) 		47.9
(8.8) 		54.9
(12.7) 		62.3
(16.8) 		70.5
(21.4) 		77.7
(25.4) 		81.0
(27.2) 		79.8
(26.6) 		73.9
(23.3) 		63.5
(17.5) 		53.3
(11.8) 		46.5
(8.1) 		63.0
(17.2)
Average low °F (°C) 33.8
(1.0) 		36.9
(2.7) 		42.9
(6.1) 		49.8
(9.9) 		58.6
(14.8) 		66.5
(19.2) 		70.0
(21.1) 		69.2
(20.7) 		63.3
(17.4) 		51.9
(11.1) 		41.6
(5.3) 		36.3
(2.4) 		51.7
(10.9)
Mean minimum °F (°C) 17
(−8) 		22
(−6) 		27
(−3) 		35
(2) 		45
(7) 		57
(14) 		63
(17) 		62
(17) 		51
(11) 		36
(2) 		27
(−3) 		22
(−6) 		15
(−9)
Record low °F (°C) −4
(−20) 		3
(−16) 		11
(−12) 		26
(−3) 		37
(3) 		45
(7) 		55
(13) 		53
(12) 		30
(−1) 		24
(−4) 		7
(−14) 		2
(−17) 		−4
(−20)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 4.36
(111) 		4.36
(111) 		4.37
(111) 		3.52
(89) 		3.28
(83) 		4.88
(124) 		4.20
(107) 		4.55
(116) 		3.89
(99) 		3.34
(85) 		3.77
(96) 		4.43
(113) 		48.95
(1,243)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 1.4
(3.6) 		0.6
(1.5) 		0.8
(2.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.1
(0.25) 		2.9
(7.4)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 10.6 10.1 9.6 8.5 8.9 11.4 10.6 9.6 7.4 6.6 8.4 10.4 112.1
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.7
Average relative humidity (%) 69 65 64 63 69 72 74 76 75 73 71 70 70
Percent possible sunshine 49 54 58 66 68 67 63 75 64 63 58 50 61
Source: NOAA (humidity and snow 1981–2010)[43][45][46][47]

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1810273—
18501,661—
18603,848131.7%
18704,25110.5%
18806,09943.5%
18908,63941.6%
190010,24518.6%
191014,91345.6%
192016,74812.3%
193018,1928.6%
194020,65013.5%
195028,18036.5%
196031,35511.3%
197044,34241.4%
198042,549−4.0%
199045,7347.5%
2000100,266119.2%
2010115,45215.1%
2020127,31510.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[48]

2020 census

Athens racial composition[49]
Race Num. Perc.
White (non-Hispanic) 71,258 55.97%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 31,129 24.45%
Native American 297 0.23%
Asian 4,894 3.84%
Pacific Islander 65 0.05%
Other/Mixed 5,428 4.26%
Hispanic or Latino 14,244 11.19%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 127,315 people, 51,640 households, and 23,615 families residing in the city.

2010 census

As of the census[5] of 2010, there were 100,266 people, 39,239 households, and 19,344 families residing in the city. The population density was 851.5 inhabitants per square mile (328.8/km2). There were 41,633 housing units at an average density of 353.6 per square mile (136.5/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 64.71% White, 27.37% Black or African American, 0.21% Native American, 3.15% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.11% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.39% of the population.

The large population increase from 1990 to 2000 reflects the altered boundaries that came with the consolidation of Athens and Clarke County, not just the influx of new residents.

There were 39,239 households, of which 22.3% had children under 18 living with them, 32.3% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.7% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 17.8% under the age of 18, 31.6% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 15.3% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,118, and the median income for a family was $41,407. Males had a median income of $30,359 versus $23,039 for females. The per capita income for the balance was $17,103. About 15.0% of families and 28.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.2% of those under age 18 and 13.5% of those age 65 or over.

Government

In 1990, the City of Athens and Clarke County voters voted to unify their governments, becoming only the second unified government in Georgia and the 28th nationwide.[50]

  • Legislative: The government is headed by an elected mayor and 10 elected commissioners from 10 equally divided districts. Previously, they have been formed from 8 geographical districts and 2 super-districts covering districts 1–4 and 5–8
  • Executive: The Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County's day-to-day operations is overseen by a manager appointed by the Mayor and Commission. There are 24 main departments, divisions, and offices under the managerial group.
  • Judicial: Athens-Clarke County houses Magistrate, Juvenile, Municipal, Probate, State, and Superior Courts. Superior Court covers the Western Judicial Circuit, which also includes Oconee County.[51]

Law

Athens-Clarke County Police Department
 
AbbreviationACCPD
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 14, 1991
Jurisdictional structure
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters3035 Lexington Rd.
Athens, Georgia 30605
Sworns256 (~190 working strength)
Civilians73
Agency executive
  • Jerry Saulters, Interim Chief
Facilities
Number of Stations5
Holding FacilitiesClarke County Jail - Clarke County Sheriff's Office
VehiclesChevrolet Impala, Ford Interceptor, Ford Explorer, Ford F-150, Ford Fusion, Toyota Prius,
Website
http://www.accpd.org

The Athens-Clarke County Police Department (ACCPD) was formed by the merger of the law enforcement agencies of the City of Athens and Clarke County. As of February 2019, Cleveland Lee Spruill Sr. was sworn in as the new Chief of Police.[52] ACCPD is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) and was named a "Gold Standard Agency" in 2013. ACCPD's 911 Communications Center is also CALEA certified and has reached "Gold Standard" status. ACCPD is also the first law enforcement agency certified by the State of Georgia.[53]

Economy

Businesses

 
Downtown Athens at the intersection of Clayton Street and College Avenue

Athens is home to a growing number of young technology companies including Docebo, Roundsphere, and Cogent Education. The city is also home to more established technology companies such as Partner Software, Peachtree Medical Billing, and Digital Insight.

Athens is home to several pharmaceutical manufacturing and biotechnology companies such as Merial and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The University of Georgia also hosts its own biotechnology research centers mostly from the lower east side of town bordering Oconee county. In May 2020, RWDC Industries, a company that develops alternatives to single-use plastics, announced its plan to invest $260 million into the city and the surrounding area and acquire an existing 400,000-square-foot facility.[54]

Independent publisher Hill Street Press is headquartered here. Authors with previous, or current, residence in the city include Pulitzer Prize winners Deborah Blum and Edward Larson, as well as Judith Ortiz Cofer, Reginald McKnight, Coleman Barks, and Jon Jefferson.

Athens' music industry has also continued to grow as Tweed Recording acquired an 11,000-square-foot facility in downtown Athens to house their new recording studio, academy, and community space.[55]

Tourism

Each spring, there are bicycle races collectively known as the Twilight Series. One of these races is the Athens Twilight Criterium.

Competitiveness

In 2010, the average household rent in Athens was $962. The national average was $1,087.[56] Of the Athens population 25 years of age or older, 39.3% have earned a bachelor's degree or higher.[57]

Arts and culture

The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has been, since 1982, the official state art museum. Culture coexists with the university students in creating an art scene, music scene, and intellectual environment. The city has music venues, restaurants, bars, and coffee shops that cater to its creative climate.

Points of interest

 
Formal garden at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia

Music

Main article: Music of Athens, Georgia
 
Georgia Theatre

The music of Athens, Georgia, includes a wide variety of popular music and was an important part of the early evolution of alternative rock and new wave. The city is well known as the home of chart-topping bands like R.E.M. and The B-52s, and several long-time indie /rock hip-hop groups. The Athens music scene grew in the early 1970s and later during the 1980s with the Georgia Theatre and 40 Watt Club as the aforementioned bands scored breakout hits. Other notable bands were Widespread Panic, Dreams So Real, Indigo Girls, Vigilantes of Love, Matthew Sweet, The Method Actors, Love Tractor, Pylon, Flat Duo Jets, The Primates, Modern Skirts, The Whigs, Squalls, Drive-by Truckers, Futurebirds, Bloodkin, Randall Bramblett, Vic Chesnutt, Tishamingo, Bubba Sparxxx, Dead Confederate, and Corey Smith. In his insider book, Party Out of Bounds: The B-52's, R.E.M., and the Kids Who Rocked Athens, Rodger Lyle Brown described the indie rock scene in Athens.[62]

National acts that have come out of Athens include: The Whigs, Reptar, Danger Mouse, Dreams So Real, Jucifer, Servotron, Vic Chesnutt, Drive-By Truckers, Elf Power, Neutral Milk Hotel, Lera Lynn, The Sunshine Fix, Colt Ford, Brantley Gilbert, Harvey Milk, The Olivia Tremor Control, of Montreal, Widespread Panic, Perpetual Groove, Five Eight, Dead Confederate, Thayer Sarrano, Jet by Day, and Mothers. R.E.M. members Michael Stipe, Mike Mills and Peter Buck still maintain residences in Athens. The photo book Athens Potluck, by Jason Thrasher, documents the town's musical legacy.[63]

Every summer since 1996 the city has hosted AthFest, a nonprofit music and arts festival in the downtown area.[64]

In September 2020, the city launched the Athens Music Walk of Fame. The public art walk spans a two-city blocks loop around West Washington and Clayton Streets connected by North Lumpkin Street. Guitar pick plaques were laid on the sidewalk in front of significant music venues like the Georgia Theatre, the 40 Watt Club, and the Morton Theatre. The first round of inductees included The B-52s, Danger Mouse, Drive-By Truckers, The Elephant 6 Recording Company, Hall Johnson, Neal Pattman, Pylon, R.E.M., Vic Chesnutt, and Widespread Panic.[65][66]

Education

Clarke County School District

The Clarke County School District supports grades pre-school to grade twelve. The district consists of fourteen elementary schools, four middle schools, and three high schools (one non-traditional).[67] The district has 791 full-time teachers and 11,457 students as of 2010.[68]

Private schools

 
The Arch in Downtown Athens

Colleges and universities

Media

See also: List of newspapers in Georgia (U.S. state), List of radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state), and List of television stations in Georgia (U.S. state)

Newspapers

The Athens Banner-Herald publishes daily. UGA has an independent weekly newspaper, The Red & Black. Flagpole Magazine is an alternative newspaper publishing weekly. Classic City News is a not-for-profit local news source.

Radio and television

Local radio stations include:

Athens is part of the Atlanta television market. Two Atlanta-market television stations, WGTV (channel 8) and WUVG (channel 34), are licensed to Athens, though their transmitters are in the Atlanta metropolitan area. WGTV broadcasts from the top of Stone Mountain. From 2009 until 2015, UGA operated a television station, WUGA-TV (formerly WNEG-TV) from studios on the UGA campus, but maintained its transmitter near Toccoa, its city of license; what is now WGTA has since moved its studios back to Toccoa after being sold by UGA.

In popular culture

The 1940 film The Green Hand was shot in Athens, using local townspeople and students and faculty from the University of Georgia as its cast. The film had its premiere in Athens in January 1940, at an event attended by Governor Eurith D. Rivers.

The 1980 TV series Breaking Away was filmed in Athens.

The movie Darius Goes West was shot in Athens.[81]

In 2000, the fictional Ithaca University scenes in Road Trip were filmed on the North Campus of the University of Georgia.[82]

In 2012, Trouble with the Curve was partially filmed at The Globe in downtown Athens.[83] In the same year, The Spectacular Now was filmed entirely in Athens and the surrounding area.[84]

Infrastructure

Transportation

Highways

The city is the focus of U.S. Highways U.S. Route 29 (US 29), US 78, US 129, US 441, and Georgia State Route 72 (SR 72), and near the eastern terminus of SR 316 and the southern terminus of SR 106. Other state routes in Athens are SR 8 and SR 15, which follow US 29 and US 441 respectively, SR 10 which follows US 78 east and west of Athens but deviates to US 78 Bus. to go through Athens, and SR 15 Alt. which starts at the SR 10 Loop interchange at Milledge Avenue and follows Milledge and Prince Avenues to US 129 which it follows to the north. The SR 10 Loop serves as a limited-access perimeter. The city is bisected east to west by Broad Street/Atlanta Highway (US 78 Bus. and SR 10) and north to south by Milledge Avenue (SR 15 Alt.). Lumpkin Street, Prince Avenue (SR 15 Alt.), North Avenue, and Oconee Street (US 78 Bus.) along with Broad Street are major thoroughfares radiating from downtown. College Station Road and Gaines School Road are major thoroughfares on the east side of Athens, along with US 78 east (Lexington Road). On the west side, most major thoroughfares intersect US 78 Bus. (Broad Street/Atlanta Highway), including Alps Road/Hawthorne Avenue, Epps Bridge Parkway, and Timothy Road/Mitchell Bridge Road.

Airports

Athens-Ben Epps Airport (FAA code AHN) has been operational since 1917. It is east of downtown outside Georgia State Route 10 Loop and north of US Route 78. AHN qualifies for air service to be provided under the Essential Air Service provisions. SeaPort Airlines provides commercial air service to Nashville International Airport, TN. Until 2012, Georgia Skies and Wings Air provided commercial air service to Atlanta, and until 2008 (before either airline's current AHN service), US Airways provided service to Charlotte. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) is the primary point of departure and arrival for Athenians due to the relative lack of air service to AHN.[85]

Alternative Transportation

Athens encourages the use of alternative transportation. Bike lanes are provided on major thoroughfares. A rail-to-trail redevelopment is being considered to connect Downtown with the East Side. Organizations such as BikeAthens support and encourage biking. Skateboarding and small scooters are also common sights around the UGA campus and Downtown.

Public Transit

Athens Transit provides intracity transit seven days per week.[86] UGA Campus Transit provides fare-free transit around the University of Georgia campus, Milledge Avenue and Prince Avenue on the way to UGA's newest campus, the Health Sciences Campus.[87] Southeastern Stages, a subsidiary of Greyhound Lines,[88] provides intercity bus services.[89] Low cost curbside bus service to Atlanta and Charlotte is also provided by Megabus.

Rail

Athens has no direct passenger rail service; the closest Amtrak stations are in Atlanta, Gainesville, and Toccoa. Until the 1950s and 1960s the Seaboard Air Line Railroad's daily Cotton Blossom (ended, 1955), Washington - Atlanta, Silver Comet, New York - Birmingham and Tidewater (ended, 1968), Norfolk - Birmingham service made stops at the SAL's Athens depot at College Avenue and Ware Street, north of downtown. Train service to Athens ended with the last run of the Silver Comet in 1969.[90][91] Until the early 1950s, the Southern Railway ran a passenger service to Lula on the Southern's main line northeast of Gainesville.[92][93] Into the same period, the Central Railroad of Georgia ran mixed passenger and freight trains south to Macon's Terminal Station.[94][95]

Passenger service is proposed to return to Athens via a proposed route of the Charlotte to Atlanta segment of the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor.[96] The alignment with a proposed station stop in Athens was chosen as this segment's preferred alternative on September 30, 2020.[97]

Freight service is provided by CSX[98] and Athens Line,[99] the latter having leased tracks from Norfolk Southern. The Georgia Department of Transportation has proposed the city as the terminus of a commuter line that links Atlanta and Gwinnett County along the Georgia 316 corridor.[100]

Utilities

Electric service in Athens-Clarke is provided by three customer-owned electric cooperatives, Walton EMC, Rayle EMC, and Jackson EMC, as well as by Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company. The water utility is provided by the city. Garbage is provided by private companies according to customer purchase, though the city does offer municipal garbage pick up as a service. Natural gas is supplied by Atlanta Gas Light through various marketers within the deregulated market.

Healthcare

Athens is served by two major hospitals, the 359-bed Piedmont Athens Regional and the 170-bed St. Mary's Hospital.[101] The city is also served by the smaller 42-bed Landmark Hospital of Athens.[102] Piedmont Athens Regional was formerly Athens Regional Medical Center before being acquired by Piedmont Healthcare in 2016.[103] In March 2018, Piedmont Healthcare announced a $171 million capital investment project for Piedmont Athens Regional which would include the addition of a fourth story to the Prince 2 building[104] as well as the demolition of the 100-year-old 1919 Tower to make space for a new, state of the art, seven-story tower. The entire project is slated for 2022 completion.[105]

St. Mary's Hospital was founded in 1906 and became a Catholic hospital in 1938. The hospital became St. Mary's Health Care System in 1993. Today, St. Mary's is part of Trinity Health, one of the nation's largest non-profit Catholic healthcare systems and includes St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, 56-bed St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, Ga., and 25-bed St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital in Greensboro, Ga.

Sister cities

The City of Athens maintains trade development programs, cultural, and educational partnerships in a twinning agreement with Bucharest, Romania.[106]

Notable people

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Published in 19th century
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External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Athens, Georgia.
 
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Athens, Georgia.
  • Athens-Clarke city/county government official site
  • Athens profile, Georgia Encyclopedia
  • Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia by Ernest C. Hynds in the Digital Library of Georgia
  • Athens Historical Society August 9, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  • "Athens", New Georgia Encyclopedia, Georgia Humanities Council
  • "Athens-Clarke County Guide: History". University of Georgia Libraries.
  • Ferrier, L. (2020, January 11). Why Athens, GA Deserves a Spot on Your Getaway Bucket List.

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This article is about the city in the U S state of Georgia For the Greek capital see Athens For other uses see Athens disambiguation Athens officially Athens Clarke County is a consolidated city county and college town in the U S state of Georgia Athens lies about 70 miles 110 kilometers northeast of downtown Atlanta and is a satellite city of the capital The University of Georgia the state s flagship public university and an R1 research institution is in Athens and contributed to its initial growth In 1991 after a vote the preceding year the original City of Athens abandoned its charter to form a unified government with Clarke County referred to jointly as Athens Clarke County 6 Athens GeorgiaConsolidated city countyAthens Clarke CountyAthens City HallSealNickname The Classic City Location in Clarke County and the state of GeorgiaAthens GeorgiaLocation in GeorgiaShow map of GeorgiaAthens GeorgiaLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 33 57 N 83 23 W 33 950 N 83 383 W 33 950 83 383 Coordinates 33 57 N 83 23 W 33 950 N 83 383 W 33 950 83 383CountryUnited StatesStateGeorgiaCountyClarkeSettled1801 222 years ago 1801 As TownDecember 1806 1806 12 As CityAugust 24 1872 1872 08 24 Named forAthens GreeceGovernment MayorKelly Girtz 1 Area 2 Consolidated city county118 10 sq mi 305 87 km2 Land116 33 sq mi 301 29 km2 Water1 77 sq mi 4 58 km2 Elevation636 ft 194 m Population 2020 3 Consolidated city county127 315 Rank218th in the United States 6th in Georgia Density1 094 43 sq mi 422 57 km2 Metro 4 215 415 212th Time zoneUTC 5 EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP code30601 30609 30612Area code706FIPS code13 03440 5 Websiteathensclarkecounty comAs of 2020 the U S Census Bureau s population of the consolidated city county all of Clarke County except Winterville and a portion of Bogart was 127 315 3 Athens is the sixth largest city in Georgia and the principal city of the Athens metropolitan area 7 which had a 2020 population of 215 415 according to the U S Census Bureau 4 Metropolitan Athens is a component of the larger Atlanta Athens Clarke County Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area 8 The city is dominated by a pervasive college town culture and music scene centered in downtown Athens next to the University of Georgia s North Campus 9 Major music acts associated with Athens include numerous alternative rock bands such as R E M the B 52 s Widespread Panic Drive By Truckers of Montreal Neutral Milk Hotel and Harvey Milk The city is also known as a recording site for such groups as the Atlanta based Indigo Girls The 2020 book Cool Town How Athens Georgia Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture describes Athens as the model of the indie culture of the 1980s 10 Contents 1 History 1 1 Timeline 2 Geography 2 1 Climate 3 Demographics 3 1 2020 census 3 2 2010 census 4 Government 5 Law 6 Economy 6 1 Businesses 6 2 Tourism 6 3 Competitiveness 7 Arts and culture 7 1 Points of interest 7 2 Music 8 Education 8 1 Clarke County School District 8 2 Private schools 8 3 Colleges and universities 9 Media 9 1 Newspapers 9 2 Radio and television 10 In popular culture 11 Infrastructure 11 1 Transportation 11 1 1 Highways 11 1 2 Airports 11 1 3 Alternative Transportation 11 1 4 Public Transit 11 1 5 Rail 11 2 Utilities 11 3 Healthcare 12 Sister cities 13 Notable people 14 References 15 Bibliography 16 External linksHistory Edit Historic American Buildings of Athens in 1936 In the late 18th century a trading settlement on the banks of the Oconee River called Cedar Shoals stood where Athens is today 11 On January 27 1785 the Georgia General Assembly granted a charter by Abraham Baldwin for the University of Georgia as the first state supported university Georgia s control of the area was established following the Oconee War In 1801 a committee from the university s board of trustees selected a site for the university on a hill above Cedar Shoals in what was then Jackson County On July 25 1801 John Milledge one of the trustees and later governor of Georgia bought 633 acres 256 hectares from Daniel Easley and donated it to the university Milledge named the surrounding area Athens after the city that was home to the Platonic Academy of Plato and Aristotle in Classical Greece 12 City Hall on College Avenue in Downtown Athens seen across Washington StreetThe first buildings on the University of Georgia campus were made from logs The town grew as lots adjacent to the college were sold to raise money for the additional construction of the school By the time the first class graduated from the university in 1804 Athens consisted of three homes three stores and a few other buildings facing Front Street now known as Broad Street Completed in 1806 and named in honor of Benjamin Franklin Franklin College was the first permanent structure of the University of Georgia and the city of Athens This brick building is now known as Old College Athens officially became a town in December 1806 with a government made up of a three member commission 13 The university and town continued to grow with cotton mills fueling the industrial and commercial development Athens became known as the Manchester of the South after the city in England known for its mills In 1833 a group of Athens businessmen led by James Camak tired of their wagons getting stuck in the mud built one of Georgia s first railroads the Georgia connecting Athens to Augusta by 1841 and to Marthasville now Atlanta by 1845 In the 1830s and 1840s transportation developments and the growing influence of the University of Georgia made Athens one of the state s most important cities as the Antebellum Period neared the height of its development The university essentially created a chain reaction of growth in the community which developed on its doorstep 14 During the American Civil War 15 Athens became a significant supply center when the New Orleans armory was relocated to what is now called the Chicopee building Fortifications can still be found along parts of the North Oconee River between College Avenue and Oconee Street In addition Athens played a small part in the ill fated Stoneman Raid when a skirmish was fought on a site overlooking the Middle Oconee River near what is now the old Macon Highway 16 A Confederate memorial that used to stand on Broad Street near the University of Georgia Arch was removed the week of August 10 2020 17 During Reconstruction Athens continued to grow The form of government changed to a mayor council government with a new city charter on August 24 1872 and Henry Beusse was elected as the first mayor of Athens 18 Beusse was instrumental in the city s rapid growth after the Civil War After serving as mayor he worked in the railroad industry and helped bring railroads to the region creating growth in many of the surrounding communities Freed slaves moved to the city where many were attracted by the new centers for education such as the Freedmen s Bureau This new population was served by three black newspapers the Athens Blade the Athens Clipper and the Progressive Era 19 In the 1880s as Athens became more densely populated city services and improvements were undertaken The Athens Police Department was founded in 1881 and public schools opened in the fall of 1886 Telephone service was introduced in 1882 by the Bell Telephone Company Transportation improvements were also introduced with a street paving program beginning in 1885 and streetcars pulled by mules in 1888 Broad Street in Downtown Athens near North Campus of the University of Georgia By the centennial in 1901 Athens had experienced a century of development and growth A new city hall was completed in 1904 An African American middle class and the professional class grew around the corner of Washington and Hull Streets known as the Hot Corner where the Morton Building was constructed in 1910 20 The theater at the Morton Building hosted movies and performances by black musicians such as Louis Armstrong Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington In 1907 aviation pioneer Ben T Epps became Georgia s first pilot on a hill outside town that would become the Athens Ben Epps Airport The last and perhaps only lynching in Athens occurred on February 16 1921 when a mob of 3 000 people attacked the Athens courthouse and carried off John Lee Eberhart Eberhart had been arrested for the murder of his employer Ida D Lee with a shotgun in Oconee County That night he was driven back to the Lee farm where a mock trial was held Though he refused to confess he was tied to a stake and burned to death The lynching received widespread attention 21 During World War II the U S Navy built new buildings and paved runways to serve as a training facility for naval pilots In 1954 the U S Navy chose Athens as the site for the Navy Supply Corps school The school was in Normaltown in the buildings of the old Normal School It closed in 2011 under the Base Realignment and Closure process The 56 acre 23 hectare site is now home to the University of Georgia Medical College of Georgia Medical Partnership the University of Georgia College of Public Health and other health related programsIn 1961 Athens witnessed part of the civil rights movement when Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes became the first two black students to enter the University of Georgia 22 Despite the Brown vs Board of Education Supreme Court ruling in 1954 the Athens Clarke County school district remained segregated until 1964 Timeline Edit Timeline of Athens Georgia1801 Franklin College opens 23 Clarke County formed from part of Jackson County 24 1806 Town of Athens incorporated 25 1808 Georgia Express newspaper begins publication 26 1810 Jackson Street Cemetery in use approximate date Population 273 1832 Southern Banner newspaper in publication 26 1834 Camak House and T R R Cobb House built approximate date 1841 Railroad begins operating 27 1842 Joseph Henry Lumpkin House built 28 1850 Population 1 661 1856 Oconee Hill Cemetery established 27 Benjamin H Hill House built 1859 Lumpkin Law School and Lucy Cobb Institute girls school established 29 30 1870 Population 4 251 1871 Athens becomes seat of Clarke County 27 1872 City of Athens incorporated 23 State School of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts opens 29 1882 Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery established 28 1883 Synagogue built 31 1891 Electric streetcar begins operating 27 Ladies Garden Club organized 28 1895 State Normal School opens 25 1896 Electric lighting introduced 27 1900 Population 10 245 1903 University of Georgia College of Pharmacy founded 23 1904 City Hall built 27 1906 School of Forestry founded 23 1908 Southern Mutual Insurance Company building constructed 27 1910 Morton Theatre in business 32 1912 School of Commerce founded 1914 Reese Street School was founded 28 Clarke County Courthouse built 27 1917 Athens Ben Epps Airport opens 1921 Lynching of John Lee Eberhart 21 1924 Athens Country Club founded 33 1928 WTFI radio begins broadcasting 27 1929 University s Sanford Stadium opens 27 1932 University of Georgia begins administering previously separate colleges of agriculture education law etc 34 1938 WGAU radio begins broadcasting 35 University of Georgia Press established 1940 Population 20 650 1948 Georgia Museum of Art opens 27 1949 State Farmers Market established near Athens 29 1954 Prince Avenue Drive In cinema in business 32 1958 Athens Area Vocational Technical School founded 1959 Athens Historical Society organized 36 37 1963 Beechwood Shopping Center in business 27 1965 Daily News in publication 26 1971 Clarke Central High School opens 1976 Athens Transit bus begins operating 27 The B 52 s musical group formed 1977 Georgia Theatre in business 1979 Pylon musical group begins performing 1980 Georgia Square Mall in business 27 R E M musical group formed 27 1987 Athens Clarke County Correctional Institution built 1990 Population 45 734 1991 Governments of Athens and Clarke County consolidate 25 1992 Athens Clarke County Library s Heritage Room for local history established 36 1996 Part of 1996 Summer Olympics takes place in Athens 27 2000 City county website online approximate date 38 Population 100 266 2001 Athens Institute for Contemporary Art founded Athens Banner Herald newspaper in publication 2007 Paul Broun becomes U S representative for Georgia s 10th congressional district 39 2010 Population 115 452 40 2011 Nancy Denson becomes mayor 2015 Jody Hice becomes U S representative for Georgia s 10th congressional district 41 Geography EditAccording to the United States Census Bureau the balance has a total area of 118 2 square miles 306 1 km2 of which 117 8 square miles 305 1 km2 is land and 0 5 square miles 1 3 km2 0 41 is water Athens lies within the humid subtropical climate zone with hot humid summers and mild to moderately cold winters Annual rainfall averages 49 7 inches 1 260 mm Light to moderate snowfall can occur in winter In the spring frequent thunderstorms can sometimes become severe even producing tornadoes The city itself sits on a series of anomalous hills unique to the Piedmont region Climate Edit Athens has a humid subtropical climate 42 Its climatic regime is in many ways typical of Southeastern United States with hot summers transitioning into cool winters but with precipitation being consistently high throughout the year Normal monthly temperatures range from 43 5 F 6 4 C in January to 80 6 F 27 0 C in July on average maxima reach 90 F 32 C or higher and stay below 40 F 4 C on 58 and 5 8 days annually and there are 48 days annually with a minimum at or below freezing 43 Official record temperatures range from 4 F 20 C on January 21 1985 to 109 F 43 C on June 29 2012 43 the record cold daily maximum is 18 F 8 C on January 30 1966 while conversely the record warm daily minimum is 79 F 26 C as recently as August 11 2007 43 Temperatures rarely fall below 10 F 12 C having last occurred January 7 2014 43 The average window for freezing temperatures is November 5 to March 24 allowing a growing season of 225 days 43 Precipitation is relatively well spread though the summer months are slightly wetter and averages 46 3 inches 1 180 mm annually but has historically ranged from 28 61 in 727 mm in 1954 to 71 39 in 1 813 mm in 1964 43 Snowfall is sporadic averaging 2 9 inches 7 4 cm per winter but has reached 13 6 inches 34 5 cm in 2010 2011 43 Climate data for Athens Georgia Ben Epps Airport 1991 2020 normals 44 extremes 1893 presentMonth Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearRecord high F C 80 27 83 28 89 32 97 36 100 38 109 43 108 42 107 42 108 42 100 38 86 30 80 27 109 43 Mean maximum F C 71 22 75 24 82 28 86 30 92 33 96 36 98 37 98 37 93 34 86 30 79 26 72 22 100 38 Average high F C 54 7 12 6 58 9 14 9 66 8 19 3 74 8 23 8 82 3 27 9 88 9 31 6 92 0 33 3 90 4 32 4 84 6 29 2 75 1 23 9 64 9 18 3 56 8 13 8 74 2 23 4 Daily mean F C 44 3 6 8 47 9 8 8 54 9 12 7 62 3 16 8 70 5 21 4 77 7 25 4 81 0 27 2 79 8 26 6 73 9 23 3 63 5 17 5 53 3 11 8 46 5 8 1 63 0 17 2 Average low F C 33 8 1 0 36 9 2 7 42 9 6 1 49 8 9 9 58 6 14 8 66 5 19 2 70 0 21 1 69 2 20 7 63 3 17 4 51 9 11 1 41 6 5 3 36 3 2 4 51 7 10 9 Mean minimum F C 17 8 22 6 27 3 35 2 45 7 57 14 63 17 62 17 51 11 36 2 27 3 22 6 15 9 Record low F C 4 20 3 16 11 12 26 3 37 3 45 7 55 13 53 12 30 1 24 4 7 14 2 17 4 20 Average precipitation inches mm 4 36 111 4 36 111 4 37 111 3 52 89 3 28 83 4 88 124 4 20 107 4 55 116 3 89 99 3 34 85 3 77 96 4 43 113 48 95 1 243 Average snowfall inches cm 1 4 3 6 0 6 1 5 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 2 9 7 4 Average precipitation days 0 01 in 10 6 10 1 9 6 8 5 8 9 11 4 10 6 9 6 7 4 6 6 8 4 10 4 112 1Average snowy days 0 1 in 0 8 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 7Average relative humidity 69 65 64 63 69 72 74 76 75 73 71 70 70Percent possible sunshine 49 54 58 66 68 67 63 75 64 63 58 50 61Source NOAA humidity and snow 1981 2010 43 45 46 47 Demographics EditHistorical populationCensus Pop 1810273 18501 661 18603 848131 7 18704 25110 5 18806 09943 5 18908 63941 6 190010 24518 6 191014 91345 6 192016 74812 3 193018 1928 6 194020 65013 5 195028 18036 5 196031 35511 3 197044 34241 4 198042 549 4 0 199045 7347 5 2000100 266119 2 2010115 45215 1 2020127 31510 3 U S Decennial Census 48 2020 census Edit Athens racial composition 49 Race Num Perc White non Hispanic 71 258 55 97 Black or African American non Hispanic 31 129 24 45 Native American 297 0 23 Asian 4 894 3 84 Pacific Islander 65 0 05 Other Mixed 5 428 4 26 Hispanic or Latino 14 244 11 19 As of the 2020 United States census there were 127 315 people 51 640 households and 23 615 families residing in the city 2010 census Edit As of the census 5 of 2010 there were 100 266 people 39 239 households and 19 344 families residing in the city The population density was 851 5 inhabitants per square mile 328 8 km2 There were 41 633 housing units at an average density of 353 6 per square mile 136 5 km2 The racial makeup of the city was 64 71 White 27 37 Black or African American 0 21 Native American 3 15 Asian 0 04 Pacific Islander 3 11 from other races and 1 41 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6 39 of the population The large population increase from 1990 to 2000 reflects the altered boundaries that came with the consolidation of Athens and Clarke County not just the influx of new residents There were 39 239 households of which 22 3 had children under 18 living with them 32 3 were married couples living together 13 3 had a female householder with no husband present and 50 7 were non families 29 9 of all households were made up of individuals and 5 8 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 35 and the average family size was 2 95 In the city the population was spread out with 17 8 under the age of 18 31 6 from 18 to 24 27 3 from 25 to 44 15 3 from 45 to 64 and 8 0 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 25 years For every 100 females there were 95 4 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93 4 males The median income for a household in the city was 28 118 and the median income for a family was 41 407 Males had a median income of 30 359 versus 23 039 for females The per capita income for the balance was 17 103 About 15 0 of families and 28 6 of the population were below the poverty line including 25 2 of those under age 18 and 13 5 of those age 65 or over Government EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it March 2009 In 1990 the City of Athens and Clarke County voters voted to unify their governments becoming only the second unified government in Georgia and the 28th nationwide 50 Legislative The government is headed by an elected mayor and 10 elected commissioners from 10 equally divided districts Previously they have been formed from 8 geographical districts and 2 super districts covering districts 1 4 and 5 8 Executive The Unified Government of Athens Clarke County s day to day operations is overseen by a manager appointed by the Mayor and Commission There are 24 main departments divisions and offices under the managerial group Judicial Athens Clarke County houses Magistrate Juvenile Municipal Probate State and Superior Courts Superior Court covers the Western Judicial Circuit which also includes Oconee County 51 Law EditAthens Clarke County Police Department AbbreviationACCPDAgency overviewFormedJanuary 14 1991Jurisdictional structureGeneral natureLocal civilian policeOperational structureHeadquarters3035 Lexington Rd Athens Georgia 30605Sworns256 190 working strength Civilians73Agency executiveJerry Saulters Interim ChiefFacilitiesNumber of Stations5Holding FacilitiesClarke County Jail Clarke County Sheriff s OfficeVehiclesChevrolet Impala Ford Interceptor Ford Explorer Ford F 150 Ford Fusion Toyota Prius Websitehttp www accpd orgThe Athens Clarke County Police Department ACCPD was formed by the merger of the law enforcement agencies of the City of Athens and Clarke County As of February 2019 update Cleveland Lee Spruill Sr was sworn in as the new Chief of Police 52 ACCPD is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies CALEA and was named a Gold Standard Agency in 2013 ACCPD s 911 Communications Center is also CALEA certified and has reached Gold Standard status ACCPD is also the first law enforcement agency certified by the State of Georgia 53 Economy EditBusinesses Edit Downtown Athens at the intersection of Clayton Street and College Avenue Athens is home to a growing number of young technology companies including Docebo Roundsphere and Cogent Education The city is also home to more established technology companies such as Partner Software Peachtree Medical Billing and Digital Insight Athens is home to several pharmaceutical manufacturing and biotechnology companies such as Merial and Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc The University of Georgia also hosts its own biotechnology research centers mostly from the lower east side of town bordering Oconee county In May 2020 RWDC Industries a company that develops alternatives to single use plastics announced its plan to invest 260 million into the city and the surrounding area and acquire an existing 400 000 square foot facility 54 Independent publisher Hill Street Press is headquartered here Authors with previous or current residence in the city include Pulitzer Prize winners Deborah Blum and Edward Larson as well as Judith Ortiz Cofer Reginald McKnight Coleman Barks and Jon Jefferson Athens music industry has also continued to grow as Tweed Recording acquired an 11 000 square foot facility in downtown Athens to house their new recording studio academy and community space 55 Tourism Edit Each spring there are bicycle races collectively known as the Twilight Series One of these races is the Athens Twilight Criterium Competitiveness Edit This section s factual accuracy may be compromised due to out of date information The reason given is Data is more than 12 years old Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information December 2022 In 2010 the average household rent in Athens was 962 The national average was 1 087 56 Of the Athens population 25 years of age or older 39 3 have earned a bachelor s degree or higher 57 Arts and culture EditThe Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has been since 1982 the official state art museum Culture coexists with the university students in creating an art scene music scene and intellectual environment The city has music venues restaurants bars and coffee shops that cater to its creative climate Points of interest Edit Formal garden at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia One of the remaining two double barreled cannons produced during the American Civil War is here The Tree That Owns Itself which is now an offspring of the original tree The Georgia Museum of Art the official state museum of art at the University of Georgia The State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia The University of Georgia Campus amp Arboretum St Mary s Church steeple all that remains of the site of the first show by what became R E M 58 The Globe bar was voted by Esquire magazine as the bar ranked third highest in America in 2007 59 Founded in 1955 Allen s was Athens oldest bar and grill despite closing in 2004 re opening in 2007 and closing again in November 2011 60 Sandy Creek Park 61 Memorial ParkMusic Edit Main article Music of Athens Georgia Georgia Theatre The music of Athens Georgia includes a wide variety of popular music and was an important part of the early evolution of alternative rock and new wave The city is well known as the home of chart topping bands like R E M and The B 52s and several long time indie rock hip hop groups The Athens music scene grew in the early 1970s and later during the 1980s with the Georgia Theatre and 40 Watt Club as the aforementioned bands scored breakout hits Other notable bands were Widespread Panic Dreams So Real Indigo Girls Vigilantes of Love Matthew Sweet The Method Actors Love Tractor Pylon Flat Duo Jets The Primates Modern Skirts The Whigs Squalls Drive by Truckers Futurebirds Bloodkin Randall Bramblett Vic Chesnutt Tishamingo Bubba Sparxxx Dead Confederate and Corey Smith In his insider book Party Out of Bounds The B 52 s R E M and the Kids Who Rocked Athens Rodger Lyle Brown described the indie rock scene in Athens 62 National acts that have come out of Athens include The Whigs Reptar Danger Mouse Dreams So Real Jucifer Servotron Vic Chesnutt Drive By Truckers Elf Power Neutral Milk Hotel Lera Lynn The Sunshine Fix Colt Ford Brantley Gilbert Harvey Milk The Olivia Tremor Control of Montreal Widespread Panic Perpetual Groove Five Eight Dead Confederate Thayer Sarrano Jet by Day and Mothers R E M members Michael Stipe Mike Mills and Peter Buck still maintain residences in Athens The photo book Athens Potluck by Jason Thrasher documents the town s musical legacy 63 Every summer since 1996 the city has hosted AthFest a nonprofit music and arts festival in the downtown area 64 In September 2020 the city launched the Athens Music Walk of Fame The public art walk spans a two city blocks loop around West Washington and Clayton Streets connected by North Lumpkin Street Guitar pick plaques were laid on the sidewalk in front of significant music venues like the Georgia Theatre the 40 Watt Club and the Morton Theatre The first round of inductees included The B 52s Danger Mouse Drive By Truckers The Elephant 6 Recording Company Hall Johnson Neal Pattman Pylon R E M Vic Chesnutt and Widespread Panic 65 66 Education EditClarke County School District Edit The Clarke County School District supports grades pre school to grade twelve The district consists of fourteen elementary schools four middle schools and three high schools one non traditional 67 The district has 791 full time teachers and 11 457 students as of 2010 update 68 Private schools Edit Athens Academy grades K 12 Athens Christian School grades K 12 Athens Montessori School grades K 8 Downtown Academy grades K 3 Joy Village grades K 8 Saint Joseph Catholic School grades K 8 Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School grades 9 12 Double Helix STEAM School grades 5 8 Al Huda Islamic Center of Athens Sunday School 5 years and older 69 The Arch in Downtown Athens Colleges and universities Edit The University of Georgia UGA the state s flagship public research university is the oldest and 3rd largest institution of higher learning behind Georgia State University and Kennesaw State University in Georgia Founded in 1785 it was the first state chartered university in the United States 70 Athens Technical College is a Technical College System of Georgia public college It offers certificates diplomas and associate degrees in business health technical and manufacturing related fields 71 Augusta University AU through its Medical College of Georgia has a Medical Partnership 72 with the University of Georgia housed at the University of Georgia Health Science Campus 73 and the AU College of Nursing has had a campus in Athens 74 since 1974 75 Piedmont College 76 since 2021 Piedmont University established a campus in Athens in 1995 77 78 Piedmont announced that it would be moving its campus from the Cobbham neighborhood to Normaltown in January 2021 79 Athens College of Ministry ACMin is a private Christian college that was established in 2012 ACMin currently offers certificates undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight various major areas 80 Media EditSee also List of newspapers in Georgia U S state List of radio stations in Georgia U S state and List of television stations in Georgia U S state Newspapers Edit The Athens Banner Herald publishes daily UGA has an independent weekly newspaper The Red amp Black Flagpole Magazine is an alternative newspaper publishing weekly Classic City News is a not for profit local news source Radio and television Edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Local radio stations include WPLP LP Bulldog 93 3 FM is Athens locally owned and operated adult album alternative station WPUP 100 1 FM Athens top 40 station featuring all of today s hits Owned by Cox Radio WMSL 88 9 FM a religious station featuring traditional Christian music and teaching WUOG 90 5 FM UGA s student run radio station WUGA 91 7 and 94 5 FM an affiliate of Georgia Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio also broadcasting from the UGA campus WPPP LP 100 7 FM Hot 100 a low power non commercial alternative progressive rock station WRFC AM 960 AM ESPN Radio formerly Athens local Top 40 music station during the 1960s and 1970s Owned by Cox Radio WGAU 1340 AM news and talk Owned by Cox Radio WXAG 1470 AM urban gospel musicAthens is part of the Atlanta television market Two Atlanta market television stations WGTV channel 8 and WUVG channel 34 are licensed to Athens though their transmitters are in the Atlanta metropolitan area WGTV broadcasts from the top of Stone Mountain From 2009 until 2015 UGA operated a television station WUGA TV formerly WNEG TV from studios on the UGA campus but maintained its transmitter near Toccoa its city of license what is now WGTA has since moved its studios back to Toccoa after being sold by UGA In popular culture EditThe 1940 film The Green Hand was shot in Athens using local townspeople and students and faculty from the University of Georgia as its cast The film had its premiere in Athens in January 1940 at an event attended by Governor Eurith D Rivers The 1980 TV series Breaking Away was filmed in Athens The movie Darius Goes West was shot in Athens 81 In 2000 the fictional Ithaca University scenes in Road Trip were filmed on the North Campus of the University of Georgia 82 In 2012 Trouble with the Curve was partially filmed at The Globe in downtown Athens 83 In the same year The Spectacular Now was filmed entirely in Athens and the surrounding area 84 Infrastructure EditTransportation Edit Highways Edit The city is the focus of U S Highways U S Route 29 US 29 US 78 US 129 US 441 and Georgia State Route 72 SR 72 and near the eastern terminus of SR 316 and the southern terminus of SR 106 Other state routes in Athens are SR 8 and SR 15 which follow US 29 and US 441 respectively SR 10 which follows US 78 east and west of Athens but deviates to US 78 Bus to go through Athens and SR 15 Alt which starts at the SR 10 Loop interchange at Milledge Avenue and follows Milledge and Prince Avenues to US 129 which it follows to the north The SR 10 Loop serves as a limited access perimeter The city is bisected east to west by Broad Street Atlanta Highway US 78 Bus and SR 10 and north to south by Milledge Avenue SR 15 Alt Lumpkin Street Prince Avenue SR 15 Alt North Avenue and Oconee Street US 78 Bus along with Broad Street are major thoroughfares radiating from downtown College Station Road and Gaines School Road are major thoroughfares on the east side of Athens along with US 78 east Lexington Road On the west side most major thoroughfares intersect US 78 Bus Broad Street Atlanta Highway including Alps Road Hawthorne Avenue Epps Bridge Parkway and Timothy Road Mitchell Bridge Road Airports Edit Athens Ben Epps Airport FAA code AHN has been operational since 1917 It is east of downtown outside Georgia State Route 10 Loop and north of US Route 78 AHN qualifies for air service to be provided under the Essential Air Service provisions SeaPort Airlines provides commercial air service to Nashville International Airport TN Until 2012 Georgia Skies and Wings Air provided commercial air service to Atlanta and until 2008 before either airline s current AHN service US Airways provided service to Charlotte Hartsfield Jackson International Airport ATL is the primary point of departure and arrival for Athenians due to the relative lack of air service to AHN 85 Alternative Transportation Edit Athens encourages the use of alternative transportation Bike lanes are provided on major thoroughfares A rail to trail redevelopment is being considered to connect Downtown with the East Side Organizations such as BikeAthens support and encourage biking Skateboarding and small scooters are also common sights around the UGA campus and Downtown Public Transit Edit Athens Transit provides intracity transit seven days per week 86 UGA Campus Transit provides fare free transit around the University of Georgia campus Milledge Avenue and Prince Avenue on the way to UGA s newest campus the Health Sciences Campus 87 Southeastern Stages a subsidiary of Greyhound Lines 88 provides intercity bus services 89 Low cost curbside bus service to Atlanta and Charlotte is also provided by Megabus Rail Edit Athens has no direct passenger rail service the closest Amtrak stations are in Atlanta Gainesville and Toccoa Until the 1950s and 1960s the Seaboard Air Line Railroad s daily Cotton Blossom ended 1955 Washington Atlanta Silver Comet New York Birmingham and Tidewater ended 1968 Norfolk Birmingham service made stops at the SAL s Athens depot at College Avenue and Ware Street north of downtown Train service to Athens ended with the last run of the Silver Comet in 1969 90 91 Until the early 1950s the Southern Railway ran a passenger service to Lula on the Southern s main line northeast of Gainesville 92 93 Into the same period the Central Railroad of Georgia ran mixed passenger and freight trains south to Macon s Terminal Station 94 95 Passenger service is proposed to return to Athens via a proposed route of the Charlotte to Atlanta segment of the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor 96 The alignment with a proposed station stop in Athens was chosen as this segment s preferred alternative on September 30 2020 97 Freight service is provided by CSX 98 and Athens Line 99 the latter having leased tracks from Norfolk Southern The Georgia Department of Transportation has proposed the city as the terminus of a commuter line that links Atlanta and Gwinnett County along the Georgia 316 corridor 100 Utilities Edit Electric service in Athens Clarke is provided by three customer owned electric cooperatives Walton EMC Rayle EMC and Jackson EMC as well as by Georgia Power a subsidiary of Southern Company The water utility is provided by the city Garbage is provided by private companies according to customer purchase though the city does offer municipal garbage pick up as a service Natural gas is supplied by Atlanta Gas Light through various marketers within the deregulated market Healthcare Edit Athens is served by two major hospitals the 359 bed Piedmont Athens Regional and the 170 bed St Mary s Hospital 101 The city is also served by the smaller 42 bed Landmark Hospital of Athens 102 Piedmont Athens Regional was formerly Athens Regional Medical Center before being acquired by Piedmont Healthcare in 2016 103 In March 2018 Piedmont Healthcare announced a 171 million capital investment project for Piedmont Athens Regional which would include the addition of a fourth story to the Prince 2 building 104 as well as the demolition of the 100 year old 1919 Tower to make space for a new state of the art seven story tower The entire project is slated for 2022 completion 105 St Mary s Hospital was founded in 1906 and became a Catholic hospital in 1938 The hospital became St Mary s Health Care System in 1993 Today St Mary s is part of Trinity Health one of the nation s largest non profit Catholic healthcare systems and includes St Mary s Hospital in Athens 56 bed St Mary s Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia Ga and 25 bed St Mary s Good Samaritan Hospital in Greensboro Ga Sister cities EditThe City of Athens maintains trade development programs cultural and educational partnerships in a twinning agreement with Bucharest Romania 106 Notable people EditDavid Barbe musician and producer engineer Coleman Barks poet interpreter of the 13th century Sufi poet Rumi Kevin Barnes founding member of the band of Montreal Kim Basinger film actress Bill Berry founding member of R E M John Berry singer Fred Birchmore adventurer and centenarian Byron Bowers Stand Up Comedian Brian Bowles martial artist Titus Burgess actor and singer Frank Bush linebackers coach for the Atlanta Falcons Phil Campbell farmer and politician Henry Hull Carlton member of the U S House of Representatives 107 Eve Carson 2004 slain Student Body President of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Vic Chesnutt singer songwriter Howell Cobb Secretary of the Treasury Bob Cole composer Jeff Daniels actor born in Athens 108 Leila Denmark pediatrician and supercentenarian Ben T Epps aviation pioneer Colt Ford country musician Adam Frazier MLB player Houston Gaines politician member of Georgia House of Representatives 109 Marianne Gordon actress Henry W Grady journalist and orator helped reintegrate the former Confederate States 110 Willie Green former NFL player Forrest Griffin MMA fighter Elizabeth Guess professional soccer player Young Harris judge philanthropist and namesake of Young Harris College Al Hester professor of journalism historian Henry R Jackson Major General in the Georgia militia during the Civil War Wadsworth Jarrell artist Andy Johnson former NFL player Hall Johnson American composer and arranger of spirituals John Kasay Carolina Panthers kicker Brian Kemp Governor of Georgia Todd Kimsey actor Seinfeld 111 Leo Kottke acoustic guitarist NeNe Leakes reality TV star and actress raised in Athens Bill Mallonee American singer songwriter Jeff Mangum indie folk musician lived in Athens until the early 2000s Eaddy Mays television and film actress Brian McCann MLB player born in Athens 112 Mary Jackson McCrorey educator mission worker Lou McGarity jazz trombonist Zach Mettenberger NFL quarterback Ron Meyers potter ceramics artist and teacher Fred Mills classical music professor and Grammy nominee Mike Mills founding member of R E M Quentin Moses football linebacker for the Miami Dolphins born in Athens Phaedra Parks Reality TV star and attorney Billy Payne former chairman of Augusta National Golf Club Madeleine Peyroux jazz singer songwriter and guitarist born in Athens Edwin Pope Miami sportswriter born in Athens Leonard Postero Radio personality Leonard s Losers Dunta Robinson NFL player Claire Merritt Hodgson Ruth second wife of baseball great Babe Ruth Mildred Seydell one of the first female newspaper journalists in Georgia Chuck Smith former NFL defensive end Scott Spillane musician The Gerbils and Neutral Milk Hotel Lucy May Stanton artist known for portrait miniatures 113 Michael Stipe founding member of R E M Keith Strickland musician composer and founding member of The B 52s Fran Tarkenton Hall of Fame quarterback Jason Thrasher rock photographer Laura Slade Wiggins actress and musician Cindy Wilson founding member of 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Athens Historical Society OCLC 36821172 1996 Conoly Hester Albert L Hester 1999 Athens Georgia Celebrating 200 Years at the Millennium Montgomery Ala Community Communications ISBN 978 1 885352 28 6 Published in 21st centuryPaul T Hellmann 2006 Georgia Macon Historical Gazetteer of the United States Taylor amp Francis ISBN 1 135 94859 3 Frances Taliaferro Thomas 2009 A Portrait of Historic Athens amp Clarke County 2nd ed University of Georgia Press ISBN 978 0 8203 3044 0 Dan Durning Paula Sanford 2010 Unification promises and outcomes the case of Athens and Clarke County Georgia In Suzanne M Leland Kurt Thurmaier eds City County Consolidation Promises Made Promises Kept Georgetown University Press ISBN 978 1 58901 622 4 Athens Postcard History Series Charleston S C Arcadia 2011 ISBN 9780738587929 Michael J Gagnon 2012 Transition to an Industrial South Athens Georgia 1830 1870 Louisiana State University Press ISBN 978 0 8071 4510 4 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related 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