Athens, Georgia#Media

File:Franklin House (Athens, Georgia) 1936 Historic American Buildings Survey.jpg

In the late 18th century, a trading settlement on the banks of the Oconee River called Cedar Shoals stood where Athens is today.Easom, Maxine Pinson, Patsy Hawkins Arnold, and Gary L. Doster. Across the River: The People, Places, and Culture of East Athens. 2019. 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 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.Hynds, Ernest C. (1974; 2009 ed.). [https://books.google.com/books?id=F3jXcKhBqnsC&pg=PA2 Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia], pp. 2-4. University of Georgia Press.

File:Athens, Georgia City Hall 2008.jpg 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.Hynds 1974, p. 9. 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.Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia, By Ernest C. Hynds, p. 41

During the American Civil War,{{cite book|last1=Stegeman|first1=John F.|title=These men she gave : Civil War diary of Athens, Georgia|date=1964|publisher=University of Georgia Press|location=Athens|isbn=9780820334585|url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugapressbks/do-pdf:ugp9780820334585|access-date=February 21, 2018}} 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.{{cite web|last1=Seibert|first1=David|title=The Stoneman Raid|url=http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/clarke/the-stoneman-raid11|website=GeorgiaInfo: an Online Georgia Almanac|publisher=Digital Library of Georgia|access-date=November 9, 2016}} A Confederate memorial that used to stand on Broad Street near the University of Georgia Arch was removed the week of August 10, 2020.{{cite web|last1=Aued|first1=Blake|title=Athens-Clarke County Starts Removing Confederate Monument|url=https://flagpole.com/news/in-the-loop/2020/08/13/athens-clarke-county-starts-removing-confederate-monument|website=Flagpole: The Colorbearer of Athens, Georgia|date=August 13, 2020|publisher=Flagpole Magazine|access-date=October 4, 2020}}

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.Thomas, Frances Taliaferro (2nd ed. 2009). [https://books.google.com/books?id=o-8jFTZDrIwC&pg=PA293 A Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County], p. 293. University of Georgia Press. 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.Thomas 2009, [https://books.google.com/books?id=o-8jFTZDrIwC&pg=PA115 pp. 115-17].

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.

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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.Doster, Emily Jean & Doster, Gary L. (2011). [https://books.google.com/books?id=cQaMPnfjoiQC&pg=PA98 Athens], pp. 98-99. Arcadia Publishing. 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.{{cite web |title=THE LYNCHING PROJECT: OCONEE COUNTY |url=https://digihum.libs.uga.edu/exhibits/show/the-lynching-project--murder-a/georgia-historic-overview/oconee-county |website=African American Experience in Athens |publisher=University of Georgia |access-date=6 September 2020 |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622012802/https://digihum.libs.uga.edu/exhibits/show/the-lynching-project--murder-a/georgia-historic-overview/oconee-county |url-status=dead }}

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 site is now home to the Health Sciences Campus, which contains the University of Georgia/Medical College of Georgia Medical Partnership, the University of Georgia College of Public Health, and other health-related programs.{{Cite web |title=Location & Facilities |url=https://publichealth.uga.edu/cph/location-and-facilities/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=College of Public Health UGA |language=en-US}}

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.Dyer, Thomas G. (1985).[https://archive.org/details/universityofgeor0000dyer/page/329 The University of Georgia: A Bicentennial History, 1785–1985], p. 329. University of Georgia Press. Despite the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling in 1954, the Athens–Clarke County school district remained segregated until 1964.

{{hidden begin|title=Timeline of Athens, Georgia|titlestyle=background:#F8F8FF;width:90%}}

• 1801
• Franklin College opens.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• Clarke County formed from part of Jackson County.{{cite web |url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/ |title=Georgia: Individual County Chronologies |work=Atlas of Historical County Boundaries |author=Scholl Center for American History and Culture |publisher=Newberry Library |location=Chicago |access-date=March 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305011359/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/ |archive-date=March 5, 2017 |url-status=dead }}
• 1806 - Town of Athens incorporated.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}}
• 1808 - Georgia Express newspaper begins publication.{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Georgia&city=Athens&rows=50&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date= March 6, 2017 }}
• 1810
• Jackson Street Cemetery in use (approximate date).
• Population: 273.
• 1832 - Southern Banner newspaper in publication.
• 1834 - Camak House and T. R. R. Cobb House built (approximate date).
• 1841 - Railroad begins operating.{{cite web |url=http://athensclarkecounty.com/115/Historical-Timeline |title=Historical Timeline: History of Athens-Clarke County |publisher=Athens-Clarke County Unified Government |access-date= March 6, 2017 }}
• 1842 - Joseph Henry Lumpkin House built.
• 1850 - Population: 1,661.
• 1856
• Oconee Hill Cemetery established.
• Benjamin H. Hill House built.
• 1859 - Lumpkin Law School and Lucy Cobb Institute (girls school) established.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}{{sfn|Hynds|1974}}
• 1870 - Population: 4,251.
• 1871 - Athens becomes seat of Clarke County.
• 1872
• City of Athens incorporated.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• State School of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts opens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
• 1882 - Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery established.{{cite web |url= http://georgiahistory.com/education-outreach/historical-markers/marker-index/ |title= (Clarke County: Athens) |work=Explore Georgia's Historical Markers |publisher=Georgia Historical Society |access-date= March 6, 2017 }}
• 1883 - Synagogue built.{{cite encyclopedia |url= http://www.isjl.org/georgia-encyclopedia.html |title= Athens, Georgia |encyclopedia= Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities |publisher= Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life |location=Jackson, Mississippi |access-date= March 6, 2017 }}
• 1891
• Electric streetcar begins operating.
• Ladies Garden Club organized.
• 1895 - State Normal School opens.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}}
• 1896 - Electric lighting introduced.
• 1900 - Population: 10,245.
• 1903 - University of Georgia College of Pharmacy founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1904 - City Hall built.
• 1906 - School of Forestry founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1908 - Southern Mutual Insurance Company building constructed.
• 1910 - Morton Theatre in business.
• 1912 - School of Commerce founded.
• 1914
• Reese Street School was founded.
• Clarke County Courthouse built.
• 1917 - Athens Ben Epps Airport opens.
• 1921 - Lynching of John Lee Eberhart
• 1924 - Athens Country Club founded.{{cite book|author=John Companiotte|title= History of Golf in Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=csE4CwAAQBAJ|year= 2016|publisher= History Press |location=Charleston, SC |isbn=978-1-62585-559-6}}
• 1928 - WTFI radio begins broadcasting.
• 1929 - University's Sanford Stadium opens.
• 1932 - University of Georgia begins administering previously separate colleges of agriculture, education, law, etc.{{sfn|Thomas|2009}}
• 1938
• WGAU radio begins broadcasting.{{citation |title=Radio Annual |oclc=2459636 |year=1939 |editor= Jack Alicoate |publisher= Radio Daily |location=New York |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/radioannual193900radi#page/225/mode/1up |chapter= Georgia }}
• University of Georgia Press established.
• 1940 - Population: 20,650.
• 1948 - Georgia Museum of Art opens.
• 1949 - State Farmers Market established near Athens.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1940}}
• 1954 - Prince Avenue Drive-In cinema in business.{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/georgia/athens?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Athens, GA |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date= March 6, 2017 }}
• 1958 - Athens Area Vocational-Technical School founded.
• 1959 - Athens Historical Society organized.{{cite book |title=Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada |year=2002 |edition=15th |isbn=0759100020 |author= American Association for State and Local History |chapter= Georgia: Athens |publisher=Rowman Altamira |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=LY0Q5Rv4O3YC }}{{cite web |url=https://www.athenshistorical.org/history-of-society |title= History of Society |publisher=Athens Historical Society |access-date= March 5, 2017 }}
• 1963 - Beechwood Shopping Center in business.
• 1965 - Daily News in publication.
• 1971 - Clarke Central High School opens.
• 1976
• Athens Transit bus begins operating.
• The B-52's musical group formed.
• 1977 - Georgia Theatre in business.
• 1979 - Pylon musical group begins performing.
• 1980
• Georgia Square Mall in business.
• R.E.M. musical group formed.
• 1987 - Athens-Clarke County Correctional Institution built.
• 1990 - Population: 45,734.
• 1991 - Governments of Athens and Clarke County consolidate.{{sfn|Hellmann|2006}}
• 1992 - Athens-Clarke County Library's Heritage Room (for local history) established.
• 1996 - Part of 1996 Summer Olympics takes place in Athens.
• 2000
• City-county website online (approximate date).{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000302022820/http://www.athensclarkecounty.com/ |url= http://www.athensclarkecounty.com/ |archive-date= March 2, 2000 |title= Athensclarkecounty.com |publisher= Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County |via= Internet Archive, Wayback Machine |url-status= dead }}
• 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.{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory |title-link=Official Congressional Directory |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Government Printing Office |year= 2009 |chapter= Georgia |series=1991/1992- : S. Pub. |hdl=2027/uc1.c099985288?urlappend=%3Bseq=103 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c099985288?urlappend=%3Bseq=103 |via= HathiTrust }}
• 2010 - Population: 115,452.{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/1303440 |title= Athens-Clarke County, Georgia |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date= March 5, 2017 }}
• 2011 - Nancy Denson becomes mayor.
• 2015 - Jody Hice becomes U.S. representative for Georgia's 10th congressional district.{{cite web |url= http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members |title=Members of Congress |work=GovTrack |author=Civic Impulse, LLC |location=Washington DC |access-date=March 6, 2017 }}
• 2019 - Kelly Girtz becomes mayor.{{hidden end}}

According to the United States Census Bureau, the balance has a total area of {{convert|118.2|sqmi|1}}, of which {{convert|117.8|sqmi|1}} is land and {{convert|0.5|sqmi|1}} (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 {{convert|49.7|in|mm}}. Light to moderate sporadic snowfall occasionally can occur in winter. In the spring, sporadic thunderstorms can occasionally become severe, rarely producing tornadoes. The city sits on a series of hills, unique to the Piedmont region.

Athens has a humid subtropical climate.{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=11327&cityname=Athens%2C+Georgia%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Athens, Georgia Climate Summary|publisher=Weatherbase|access-date=December 29, 2015}} Its climatic regime is typical of that of the Southeastern United States, with hot summers transitioning into cool winters, with precipitation consistently high throughout the year. Normal monthly temperatures range from {{convert|43.5|°F|1}} in January to {{convert|80.6|°F|1}} in July; on average, maxima reach {{convert|90|°F|0}} or higher and stay below {{convert|40|°F|0}} on 58 and 5.8 days annually, and there are 48 days annually with a minimum at or below freezing.

Official record temperatures range from {{convert|-4|°F|0}} on January 21, 1985 to {{convert|109|°F|0}} on June 29, 2012; the record cold daily maximum is {{convert|18|°F|0}} on January 30, 1966, while, conversely, the record warm daily minimum is {{convert|79|°F|0}} as recently as August 11, 2007. Temperatures rarely fall below {{convert|10|°F|0}}, having last occurred January 7, 2014. The average window for freezing temperatures is November 5 to March 24, allowing a growing season of 225 days.

Precipitation is relatively well spread (though the summer months are slightly wetter), and averages {{convert|46.3|in|mm|sigfig=3}} annually, but has historically ranged from {{convert|28.61|in|mm|abbr=on}} in 1954 to {{convert|71.39|in|mm|abbr=on}} in 1964. Snowfall is sporadic, averaging {{convert|2.9|in|cm|1}} per winter, but has reached {{convert|13.6|in|cm|1}} in 2010–2011.

{{Weather box|location = Athens, Georgia (Ben Epps Airport), 1991–2020 normals,Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the highest and lowest temperature readings during an entire month or year) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020. extremes 1893–present

|single line = Y

| Jan record high F = 80

| Feb record high F = 83

| Mar record high F = 89

| Apr record high F = 97

| May record high F = 100

| Jun record high F = 109

| Jul record high F = 108

| Aug record high F = 107

| Sep record high F = 108

| Oct record high F = 100

| Nov record high F = 86

| Dec record high F = 80

| year record high F = 109

| Jan avg record high F = 71

| Feb avg record high F = 75

| Mar avg record high F = 82

| Apr avg record high F = 86

| May avg record high F = 92

| Jun avg record high F = 96

| Jul avg record high F = 98

| Aug avg record high F = 98

| Sep avg record high F = 93

| Oct avg record high F = 86

| Nov avg record high F = 79

| Dec avg record high F = 72

| year avg record high F = 100

| Jan high F = 54.7

| Feb high F = 58.9

| Mar high F = 66.8

| Apr high F = 74.8

| May high F = 82.3

| Jun high F = 88.9

| Jul high F = 92.0

| Aug high F = 90.4

| Sep high F = 84.6

| Oct high F = 75.1

| Nov high F = 64.9

| Dec high F = 56.8

| year high F = 74.2

| Jan mean F = 44.3

| Feb mean F = 47.9

| Mar mean F = 54.9

| Apr mean F = 62.3

| May mean F = 70.5

| Jun mean F = 77.7

| Jul mean F = 81.0

| Aug mean F = 79.8

| Sep mean F = 73.9

| Oct mean F = 63.5

| Nov mean F = 53.3

| Dec mean F = 46.5

| year mean F = 63.0

| Jan low F = 33.8

| Feb low F = 36.9

| Mar low F = 42.9

| Apr low F = 49.8

| May low F = 58.6

| Jun low F = 66.5

| Jul low F = 70.0

| Aug low F = 69.2

| Sep low F = 63.3

| Oct low F = 51.9

| Nov low F = 41.6

| Dec low F = 36.3

| year low F = 51.7

| Jan avg record low F = 17

| Feb avg record low F = 22

| Mar avg record low F = 27

| Apr avg record low F = 35

| May avg record low F = 45

| Jun avg record low F = 57

| Jul avg record low F = 63

| Aug avg record low F = 62

| Sep avg record low F = 51

| Oct avg record low F = 36

| Nov avg record low F = 27

| Dec avg record low F = 22

| year avg record low F = 15

| Jan record low F = -4

| Feb record low F = 3

| Mar record low F = 11

| Apr record low F = 26

| May record low F = 37

| Jun record low F = 45

| Jul record low F = 55

| Aug record low F = 53

| Sep record low F = 30

| Oct record low F = 24

| Nov record low F = 7

| Dec record low F = 2

| year record low F = -4

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation inch = 4.36

| Feb precipitation inch = 4.36

| Mar precipitation inch = 4.37

| Apr precipitation inch = 3.52

| May precipitation inch = 3.28

| Jun precipitation inch = 4.88

| Jul precipitation inch = 4.20

| Aug precipitation inch = 4.55

| Sep precipitation inch = 3.89

| Oct precipitation inch = 3.34

| Nov precipitation inch = 3.77

| Dec precipitation inch = 4.43

| year precipitation inch = 48.95

| Jan snow inch = 1.4

| Feb snow inch = 0.6

| Mar snow inch = 0.8

| Apr snow inch = 0.0

| May snow inch = 0.0

| Jun snow inch = 0.0

| Jul snow inch = 0.0

| Aug snow inch = 0.0

| Sep snow inch = 0.0

| Oct snow inch = 0.0

| Nov snow inch = 0.0

| Dec snow inch = 0.1

| year snow inch = 2.9

| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in

| Jan precipitation days = 10.6

| Feb precipitation days = 10.1

| Mar precipitation days = 9.6

| Apr precipitation days = 8.5

| May precipitation days = 8.9

| Jun precipitation days = 11.4

| Jul precipitation days = 10.6

| Aug precipitation days = 9.6

| Sep precipitation days = 7.4

| Oct precipitation days = 6.6

| Nov precipitation days = 8.4

| Dec precipitation days = 10.4

| year precipitation days = 112.1

| unit snow days = 0.1 in

| Jan snow days = 0.8

| Feb snow days = 0.4

| Mar snow days = 0.2

| Apr snow days = 0.0

| May snow days = 0.0

| Jun snow days = 0.0

| Jul snow days = 0.0

| Aug snow days = 0.0

| Sep snow days = 0.0

| Oct snow days = 0.0

| Nov snow days = 0.0

| Dec snow days = 0.3

| year snow days = 1.7

| Jan humidity = 69

| Feb humidity = 65

| Mar humidity = 64

| Apr humidity = 63

| May humidity = 69

| Jun humidity = 72

| Jul humidity = 74

| Aug humidity = 76

| Sep humidity = 75

| Oct humidity = 73

| Nov humidity = 71

| Dec humidity = 70

| year humidity = 70

| Jan percentsun = 49

| Feb percentsun = 54

| Mar percentsun = 58

| Apr percentsun = 66

| May percentsun = 68

| Jun percentsun = 67

| Jul percentsun = 63

| Aug percentsun = 75

| Sep percentsun = 64

| Oct percentsun = 63

| Nov percentsun = 58

| Dec percentsun = 50

| year percentsun = 61

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| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = May 24, 2021}}

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| title = Station: Athens Ben EPPS AP, GA

| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)

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| url = https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/lcd/annual/2018/01201813AHN.pdf

| title = Local Climatological Data Annual Summary with Comparative Data for Athens, Georgia (KAHN)

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{{US Census population

|1810= 273

|1850= 1661

|1860= 3848

|1870= 4251

|1880= 6099

|1890= 8639

|1900= 10245

|1910= 14913

|1920= 16748

|1930= 18192

|1940= 20650

|1950= 28180

|1960= 31355

|1970= 44342

|1980= 42549

|1990= 45734

|2000= 100266

|2010= 115452

|2020= 127315

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}
1850-1870{{Cite web|title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |page=}} 1870-1880{{Cite web|author-link= |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |page=}}
1890-1910{{Cite web|author-link= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |page=}} 1920-1930{{Cite web|author-link= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |pages=251–256}}
1940{{Cite web|author-link= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf }} 1950{{Cite web|author-link= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf }} 1960{{Cite web|author-link= |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf}}
1970{{Cite web|author-link= |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf}} 1980{{Cite web|author-link= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf}} 1990{{Cite web|author-link= |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf}}
2000{{Cite web|author-link= |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf }} 2010{{Cite web|author-link= |title= 2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-12.pdf }} 2020

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{{see also|List of mayors of Athens, Georgia}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.accgov.com/115/Historical-Timeline|title=Historical Timeline | Athens-Clarke County, GA - Official Website|website=www.accgov.com}}

• Legislative: The [https://www.accgov.com/108/Government government] is headed by an elected [https://www.accgov.com/315/Mayor mayor] and 10 elected [https://www.accgov.com/168/Commission-Information-Biographies commissioners] from 10 equally divided districts. Previously, they have been formed from 8 geographical districts and two 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.athensclarkecounty.com/about.htm |title=General Info About Athens-Clarke County |publisher=Athensclarkecounty.com |access-date=August 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924013108/http://athensclarkecounty.com/about.htm |archive-date=September 24, 2010 |url-status=dead }}

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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|October 2022}}, Jerry Saulters was sworn in as the new Chief of Police.{{Cite web|url=https://www.accgov.com/858/Office-of-Chief-of-Police|title = Office of the Chief of Police | Athens-Clarke County, GA - Official Website}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Police Department|url=https://www.accgov.com/200/Police/police |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Athens-Clarke County, GA - Official Website}}

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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 Boehringer-Ingelheim 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.{{Cite web|title=RWDC Industries is a new startup hoping to become a bioplastics giant in Athens, Ga.|url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/05/rwdc-industries-is-a-new-startup-hoping-to-become-a-bioplastics-giant-in-athens-ga/|access-date=2020-11-09|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web|date=2018-08-01 |title=Former Downtown Shoe Store Will Be Turned Into Recording Academy|url=https://flagpole.com/news/city-dope/2018/08/01/former-downtown-shoe-store-will-be-turned-into-recording-academy/|access-date=2020-11-09|website=Flagpole}}

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

{{Update section|inaccurate=yes|reason=Data is more than 12 years old.|date=December 2022}}

In 2010, the average household rent in Athens was $962. The national average was $1,087.{{cite web|url=http://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-atlanta-rent-trends/.html|title=Rent Jungle Statistics|access-date = October 18, 2010 }} Of the Athens population 25 years of age or older, 39.3% have earned a bachelor's degree or higher.{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/13059|title=Population estimates, July 1, 2015, (V2015)|website=census.gov|access-date=March 16, 2016}}

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.

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• One of the remaining two double-barreled cannons produced during the American Civil War is located in Athens.
• 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 & Arboretum
• St. Mary's Church steeple, all that remains of the site of the first show by what became R.E.M.Reed, Ryan. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/r-e-m-neutral-milk-hotel-donate-items-to-save-iconic-church-steeple-20141103 "R.E.M., Neutral Milk Hotel Donate Items to Save Iconic Church Steeple"] (November 3, 2014) Retrieved November 14, 2014
• The Globe bar was voted by Esquire magazine as the bar ranked third highest in America in 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.esquire.com/bestbars/ |title=Best Bars – Esquire |publisher=Esquire.com |access-date=October 29, 2011}}
• 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{{cite web |url=http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2011-11-29/allens-hamburgers-announces-its-closing |title=Allen's Hamburgers announces it's closing |access-date=July 12, 2013}}
• Sandy Creek Park{{Cite web|url=http://sandycreekpark.com/2776/Sandy-Creek-Park|title=Sandy Creek Park {{!}} Athens-Clarke County, GA - Official Website|website=sandycreekpark.com|language=en|access-date=November 22, 2017}}
• Memorial Park

{{Main|Music of Athens, Georgia}}

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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, Corey Smith, and Humble Plum. 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.Brown, Rodger Lyle. Party Out of Bounds: The B-52's, R.E.M., and the Kids Who Rocked Athens, 25th Anniversary edition, Published in association with the University of Georgia Music Business Program, The University of Georgia Press. Athens: [Georgia], 2016.

National acts that have come out of Athens include: The Whigs, Reptar, Danger Mouse, Dreams So Real, Nana Grizol, 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, Mothers, and Humble Plum. 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.Jason Thrasher, Athens Potluck, Deeds Publishing, 2017.

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.{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Jessica|date=2020-09-02|title=The Athens Music Walk of Fame Honors Past and Present Musicians|url=https://flagpole.com/topstory/2020/09/02/the-athens-music-walk-of-fame-honors-past-and-present-musicians/|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Flagpole|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Athens Music Walk of Fame {{!}} Athens-Clarke County, GA - Official Website|url=https://www.accgov.com/9580/Athens-Music-Walk-of-Fame|access-date=2020-11-29|website=www.accgov.com}}

AthFest is a free annual music and arts festival, first held in 1997. The festival spans three days in the downtown area during the summer, and planning for the event begins in November.{{Cite web|last=Sanders|first=Julia|date=June 19, 2019|title=AthFest success adds to Athens' appeal while helping a good cause|url=https://www.augustachronicle.com/news/20190621/athfest-success-adds-to-athens-appeal-while-helping-good-cause|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-03|website=The Augusta Chronicle|language=en}} The first Athens Music Festival (Athfest) was organized by the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) and the Athens Downtown Development Authority (ADDA). Jared Bailey was hired to manage the event. In 2009, AthFest became the 501(c)3 non-profit AthFest Educates, which seeks to advance high-quality music and arts education for local youth and the Athens community through direct support of school and community-based programs and events, including an annual music and arts festival. In 2010, AthFest Educates started the annual AthHalf Half Marathon as an additional fundraiser.{{cite web|last=Laughlin|first=Alex|date=October 22, 2011|title=Runners in Athens Half Marathon race for arts education|url=http://redandblack.com/2011/10/22/runners-in-athens-half-marathon-race-for-arts-education/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715185705/http://redandblack.com/2011/10/22/runners-in-athens-half-marathon-race-for-arts-education/|archive-date=2012-07-15|accessdate=2012-03-07|website=|publisher=The Red and Black}}{{Cite web|last=McGuire|first=Spencer|date=October 15, 2018|title=AthFest Half-Marathon and 5k Return To Athens|url=https://www.wuga.org/post/athfest-half-marathon-and-5k-return-athens|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-03|website=www.wuga.org|language=en}}

The 2020 event, the 24th year of the festival, had been deferred to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the first time in 23 years that the festival was cancelled.{{Cite web|last=Ward|first=Janelle|date=March 31, 2020|title=2020 AthFest canceled due to financial concerns|url=https://www.redandblack.com/culture/2020-athfest-canceled-due-to-financial-concerns/article_77d75804-7381-11ea-a988-a3856bc98d3c.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403051440/https://www.redandblack.com/culture/2020-athfest-canceled-due-to-financial-concerns/article_77d75804-7381-11ea-a988-a3856bc98d3c.html |archive-date=2020-04-03 |access-date=2020-08-26|website=The Red and Black|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=March 30, 2020|title=AthFest makes 'hard decision' to cancel 2020 event|url=https://www.onlineathens.com/news/20200331/athfest-makes-hard-decision-to-cancel-2020-event|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401004250/https://www.onlineathens.com/news/20200331/athfest-makes-hard-decision-to-cancel-2020-event |archive-date=2020-04-01 |access-date=2020-08-26|website=Athens Banner-Herald|language=en}} However, in September 2021, the festival was cancelled again for the second year in a row due to continuing concerns of public health from the pandemic.{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Stephanie|title=AthFest canceled for the second year in a row due to COVID-19 concerns|url=https://www.onlineathens.com/story/entertainment/2021/09/09/2021-athfest-music-arts-festival-canceled-due-covid-19-concerns/8261912002/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=Online Athens|language=en-US}}

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).[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=629&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved July 23, 2010. The district has 791 full-time teachers and 11,457 students {{as of|2010|lc=y}}.[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/CLARKE/CLARKE_COUNTY.html School Stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095130/http://www.school-stats.com/GA/CLARKE/CLARKE_COUNTY.html |date=September 24, 2015 }}. Retrieved July 23, 2010.

• Athens Academy (grades K-12)
• Athens Christian School (grades K-12)
• Athens Montessori School (grades K-8)
• Downtown Academy (grades K-3)
• [https://joyvillageschool.com Joy Village School] (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){{Cite web|url=http://www.alhudaislamiccenterofathens.org|title=Al Huda Islamic Center of Athens, Georgia|website=www.alhudaislamiccenterofathens.org|access-date=November 22, 2017}}

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• The University of Georgia (UGA), an R1 Doctoral University with very high research activity, is the state's flagship research university, the oldest institution of higher learning in Georgia and, founded in 1785, it is the first state-chartered university in the United States.[http://www.uga.edu/ University of Georgia]. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
• 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.[http://www.athenstech.edu/ Athens Technical College]. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
• Augusta University (AU) through its Medical College of Georgia has a [https://medicalpartnership.usg.edu/ Medical Partnership][http://medicalpartnership.usg.edu/ AU-UGA Medical Partnership] Retrieved December 4, 2016. with the University of Georgia housed at the University of Georgia Health Science Campus,[http://medicalpartnership.usg.edu/?/about/campus AU-UGA Medical Partnership Health Science Campus] Retrieved December 7, 2016. and the AU College of Nursing has had a campus in Athens[http://www.augusta.edu/nursing/campuses.php AU CON Campuses] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129172430/http://www.augusta.edu/nursing/campuses.php |date=November 29, 2016 }} Retrieved December 4, 2016. since 1974.[http://www.augusta.edu/nursing/history.php AU CON History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129172510/http://www.augusta.edu/nursing/history.php |date=November 29, 2016 }} Retrieved December 7, 2016
• Piedmont University, a private liberal arts institution, established a campus in Athens in 1995[http://www.piedmont.edu/athens_index.php?loc=athens Piedmont College- Athens Campus] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717162206/http://www.piedmont.edu/athens_index.php?loc=athens |date=July 17, 2010 }}. Retrieved July 23, 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.piedmont.edu/ath/index.php/at-a-glance |title=Piedmont At A Glance |publisher=Piedmont.edu |date=February 8, 2011 |access-date=August 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720030311/http://www.piedmont.edu/ath/index.php/at-a-glance |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |url-status=dead }} that now is on Prince Avenue{{cite news |url=http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/091307/news_20070913041.shtml |work=Athens Banner Herald |publisher=Online Athens |last=Quigley |first=Rebecca |title=College-bound teens scout options |date=September 12, 2007 |access-date=February 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614035315/http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/091307/news_20070913041.shtml |archive-date=June 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }} in the Normaltown neighborhood.{{Cite web|title=Piedmont announces new location for Athens campus|url=https://www.piedmont.edu/news/view/545|access-date=2020-11-09|website=www.piedmont.edu}}
• College of Athens (CoA) is a private Christian college that was established in 2012. CoA currently offers certificates, undergraduate, and graduate degrees in nine various major areas.[https://acmin.org/ Athens College of Ministry] Retrieved November 3, 2020

{{see also|List of newspapers in Georgia (U.S. state)|List of radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state)|List of television stations in Georgia (U.S. state)}}

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.

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 music

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.

Amateur radio has a long history in Athens. The Athens Radio Club 2-meter repeater operates on 145.330 MHz with a (-) offset and a PL tone of 123.0/123.0. Its antenna is located at 390’ AGL on a tower in the northern part of the city.[https://aspace-arls.galileo.usg.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/2617 Athens Radio Club collection.] Athens Regional Library System. The Athens Radio Club is affiliated with the American Radio Relay League and sponsors four community events each year.[https://www.athensradioclub.org/ Athens Radio Club.] Website

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.{{Cite book |title=The History of Independent Cinema |author=Phil Hall |publisher=BearManor Media |page=215 |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-59393-335-7}}

In 2000, the fictional Ithaca University scenes in Road Trip were filmed on the North Campus of the University of Georgia.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215129/locations|title=Road Trip (2000)|work=IMDb|access-date=March 16, 2015}}

In 2012, Trouble with the Curve was partially filmed at The Globe in downtown Athens.{{cite web |url=http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2012-09-21/athens-sees-itself-trouble-curve |title=Athens sees itself in "Trouble with the Curve" |date=September 21, 2012 |access-date=July 12, 2013}} In the same year, The Spectacular Now was filmed entirely in Athens and the surrounding area.{{cite web |url=http://onlineathens.com/features/2012-08-17/soaking-spotlight |title=Soaking up the spotlight |date=August 17, 2012 |access-date=July 12, 2013}}

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.

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. As of 2025 it has no scheduled airline service, but was last served by SeaPort Airlines to Nashville in 2014. Athens' airport would qualify for air service to be provided under the Essential Air Service (EAS) provisions, but failed to meet the minimum daily passenger threshold of ten per day.{{cite news|last=GaNun|first=Jacqueline|url=https://www.redandblack.com/athensnews/athens-airport-receives-750-000-federal-grant-to-recruit-commercial-airline/article_0c9a9f8e-578d-11ea-9aff-87f3434aa94b.html|title=Athens airport receives $750,000 federal grant to recruit commercial airline|newspaper=The Red & Black|date=September 23, 2022|accessdate=June 2, 2025}} Georgia Skies and Wings Air provided commercial air service to Atlanta. US Airways flights operated by Air Midwest provided service to Charlotte unitl 2008.{{cite news|last=Nelson|first=Don|title=Commercial airline pulls out of Athens|url=https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2008/05/16/commercial-airline-pulls-out-athens/13770751007/|newspaper=Savannah Morning News|date=May 15, 2008|accessdate=June 2, 2025}} Atlanta is the primary point of departure and arrival for Athenians due to the relative lack of air service to Athens.{{cite news|url=https://www.redandblack.com/guides/athens/transportation-guide-how-to-get-around-athens/article_35c08018-cfc1-11ed-a546-53dfb906d6ea.html|title=Transportation guide: How to get around Athens|newspaper=The Red & Black|date=August 15, 2024|accessdate=June 2, 2025}}

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.

The {{Convert|211|mi|adj=on}} Georgia Hi–Lo Trail, established in 2024, will connect Athens to Savannah, Georgia, when completed.{{Cite web |last=Montoya |first=Orlando |date=2024-02-09 |title=Plans unveiled in Georgia for 'America's longest paved trail' |url=https://www.gpb.org/news/2024/02/09/plans-unveiled-in-georgia-for-americas-longest-paved-trail |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Georgia Public Broadcasting |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Countryman |first=Vanessa |title=A 211-mile trail from Athens to Savannah will soon break ground. Here are the first steps |url=https://www.savannahnow.com/story/sports/outdoors/2024/07/24/hi-lo-trail-georgias-longest-trail-ready-for-groundbreaking-heres-where/74523664007/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Savannah Morning News |language=en-US}}

Athens Transit provides fare-free, intracity transit seven days per week.{{cite web |url=http://www.athenstransit.com/ |title=Home |publisher=Athens Transit |date=August 9, 2010 |access-date=August 14, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827011849/http://athenstransit.com/| archive-date=August 27, 2010 |url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.transit.uga.edu/ |title=University of Georgia Campus Transit System |publisher=Transit.uga.edu |access-date=August 14, 2010 |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527140125/http://www.transit.uga.edu/ |url-status=dead}} Southeastern Stages, a subsidiary of Greyhound Lines,[http://locations.greyhound.com/bus-stations/us/georgia/athens/bus-station-410113 Athens, GA Greyhound Bus Station] Intercity Bus Service provides intercity bus services.{{cite web|url=http://www.southeasternstages.com/Home.html |title=Welcome Traveler, to SOUTHEASTERN STAGES, Inc. Providing Motorcoach Services Since 1933 |publisher=Southeasternstages.com |access-date=August 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006021040/http://www.southeasternstages.com/Home.html |archive-date=October 6, 2010}} Low cost curbside bus service to Atlanta and Charlotte is also provided by Megabus.

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.Seaboard Air Line Railroad Timetable, 1954{{cite web|url=http://railga.com/Depots/athens.html|title=Athens depots|website=railga.com}} Until the early 1950s, the Southern Railway ran a passenger service to Lula on the Southern's main line northeast of Gainesville.Official Guide of the Railways, January 1950, Southern Railway section, Table 30Official Guide of the Railways, December 1954, Southern Railway section, freight only Into the same period, the Central Railroad of Georgia ran mixed passenger and freight trains south to Macon's Terminal Station.Official Guide of the Railways, January 1950, Central of Georgia section, Table 12Central of Georgia timetable, fall/winter, 1954-1955, Table 12 (freight only)

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.{{cite web|title=Atlanta to Charlotte Passenger Rail Corridor Investment Plan - Alternatives Development Report|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/InvestSmart/Rail/EIS/18-Appendix%20B%20-%20Alternatives%20Development%20Report.pdf|date=March 2019|access-date=December 7, 2020}} The alignment with a proposed station stop in Athens was chosen as this segment's preferred alternative on September 30, 2020.{{cite web|title=The Federal Rail Administration (FRA) and the Georgia DOT have reviewed comments received during the Tier 1 DEIS public comment period|url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/AboutGeorgia/Pages/TheNetworkDetails.aspx?postID=9/30/20%209:54%20AM%20-%20The%20Federal%20Rail%20Administration%20(FRA)%20and%20the%20Georgia%20DOT%20have%20reviewed%20comments%20received%20during%20the%20Tier%201%20DEIS%20public%20comment%20period|date=September 30, 2020|access-date=December 7, 2020}}

Freight service is provided by CSX{{cite web|title=Georgia Rail System |url=http://www.dot.state.ga.us/maps/Documents/railroad/Georgia_Rail_Map_plain.pdf |access-date=February 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304084951/http://www.dot.state.ga.us/maps/Documents/railroad/Georgia_Rail_Map_plain.pdf}} and Athens Line,{{cite web |title=The Athens Line |publisher=Railga.com |url=http://railga.com/athensline.html |access-date=August 14, 2010}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.ga.us/maps/Documents/railroad/proposed_passenger.pdf |title=Proposed and Existing Georgia Passenger Rail System |access-date=August 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622050140/http://www.dot.state.ga.us/maps/Documents/railroad/proposed_passenger.pdf |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |url-status=dead}}

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.

Athens is served by two major hospitals, the 359-bed Piedmont Athens Regional and the 170-bed St. Mary's Hospital.{{Cite web|title=St. Mary's Hospital - Emergency Department {{!}} Athens, GA|url=https://www.stmaryshealthcaresystem.org/locations/st-marys-hospital|access-date=2020-11-09|website=www.stmaryshealthcaresystem.org|language=en}} The city is also served by the smaller 42-bed Landmark Hospital of Athens.{{Cite web|title=Critical Care Hospital Athens, GA {{!}} Landmark Hospital of Athens, GA|url=https://www.landmarkhospitals.com/critical-care-hospital-system/critical-care-hospital-athens-ga/|access-date=2020-11-09|website=Landmark Hospitals|language=en-US}} Piedmont Athens Regional was formerly Athens Regional Medical Center before being acquired by Piedmont Healthcare in 2016.{{Cite web|title=A System of Better Care Across Georgia {{!}} Piedmont Healthcare|url=https://www.piedmont.org/about-piedmont-healthcare/quickfacts|access-date=2020-11-09|website=www.piedmont.org}} 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{{Cite web|date=2018-06-12|title=Piedmont Athens Regional {{!}} Master Facility Plan|url=https://www.dpr.com/projects/piedmont-athens-regional-hospital-patient-tower-enabling-work|access-date=2020-11-09|website=DPR Construction|language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Piedmont Athens Breaks Ground on New Patient Tower|url=https://www.piedmont.org/locations/piedmont-athens/construction-updates/athens-construction-content?story=4364&type=3|access-date=2020-11-09|website=www.piedmont.org}}

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 that includes 93 hospitals in 26 states and includes St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, nearby 56-bed St. Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, Ga., and 25-bed St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital in Greensboro, Ga.

The City of Athens maintains trade development programs, cultural, and educational partnerships in a twinning agreement with Bucharest, Romania.{{cite web |url=http://www2.gandul.info/stiri/videanu-primarul-care-da-in-gropi-263209 |title=Videanu, primarul care dă în gropi |work=Gândul |date=26 August 2006 |language=ro |access-date=November 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028002139/http://www2.gandul.info/stiri/videanu-primarul-care-da-in-gropi-263209 |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

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• David Barbe – musician and producer/engineer
• Coleman Barks – poet, interpreter of the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi
• John Barrow - member of Congress, 2005-2015
• 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
• Peter Buck - founding member of R.E.M.
• Titus Burgess – actor and singer
• Frank Bush – former NFL player and linebackers coach for the Atlanta Falcons
• Blake Camp – soccer player{{cite web |title=Blake Camp |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/blake-camp/ |website=Major League Soccer |access-date=March 4, 2025}}
• Phil Campbell – farmer and politician
• Henry Hull Carlton – member of the U.S. House of Representatives{{cite book |last=Hannan |first=Caryn |date=1999 |title=Georgia Biographical Dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8QGF2QH5K0C&pg=PP1 |publisher=State History Publications |page=143 |isbn=9781878592422}}
• 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{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001099/|title=Jeff Daniels|work=IMDb|access-date=March 16, 2015}}
• 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.{{cite web |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/176757/houston-gaines |title=Houston Gaines' Biography |publisher=Vote Smart |access-date=April 15, 2021}}
• Marianne Gordon – actress
• Henry W. Grady – journalist and orator; helped reintegrate the former Confederate States{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago |year= 1963}}
• 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){{cite news|title=Todd Grant Kimsey obituary |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/onlineathens/obituary.aspx?pid=181569910 |work=Athens Banner-Herald |date=September 23, 2016 |access-date=October 8, 2016}}
• Jack Kingston - member of Congress representing Georgia's 1st district
• 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)
• Quavious Marshall - American rapper and producer, born in Athens
• Eaddy Mays – television and film actress
• Brian McCann – MLB player, born in Athens{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=435263 |title=Major League Baseball – Brian McCann |publisher=Mlb.mlb.com |access-date=October 29, 2011}}
• 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
• Claudio Saunt – professor, author, and historian of early America, the U.S. South, and Native American studies
• Mildred Seydell – one of the first female newspaper journalists in Georgia
• Chuck Smith – former NFL defensive end
• Sophie Sosnowski - educator of young women in Athens after Civil War
• Scott Spillane – musician, The Gerbils, and Neutral Milk Hotel
• Lucy May Stanton – artist known for portrait miniaturesFowler, Betty Alice (2009). [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-972 "Lucy May Stanton (1875–1931)"]. New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
• Michael Stipe – founding member of R.E.M.
• Keith Strickland – musician, composer, and founding member of The B-52s
• May Erwin Talmadge – 19th President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution
• Fran Tarkenton – Hall of Fame quarterback
• Jason Thrasher – rock photographer
• Laura Slade Wiggins – actress and musician
• Cindy Wilson – founding member of The B-52s
• Ricky Wilson – founding member of The B-52s

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• {{cite book

|title= Southern Business Directory

|editor=John P. Campbell

|location=Charleston, SC

|publisher=Press of Walker & James

|year=1854

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• {{Citation

|publisher = S. Boykin

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|date = 1860

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• {{cite book|author= Charles Morton Strahan |title=Clarke County, Ga. and the City of Athens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=--ZYAAAAMAAJ|year= 1893 |publisher=C.P. Byrd, printer

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;Published in 20th century

• {{cite book |author= Augustus Longstreet Hull |title= Annals of Athens, Georgia, 1801-1901 |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007699624 |via= HathiTrust |year= 1906 |publisher= Banner Job Office }} (Reprinted in 1978 with additions)
• {{cite journal |title= Directory, City of Athens, Georgia |journal=Athens City Directory |publisher=Athens Directory Company |url= https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009778866 |year= 1909

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• {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Athens (Georgia) |volume= 2 | page= 845 |date=1910|short= 1 | ref = {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} }}
• {{cite journal |journal=Bulletin of the University of Georgia |volume=14 |title= Negroes of Athens, Georgia |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001650914 |year=1913}}
• {{Citation

|publisher = University of Georgia Press

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|author = Federal Writers' Project

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• {{cite book |author= Kenneth Coleman |title=Confederate Athens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivfdhkbc89UC|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-3438-7 |year=2009 |orig-year= 1967

}}

• {{cite book|author= Ernest C. Hynds |title=Antebellum Athens and Clarke County, Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F3jXcKhBqnsC |publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-3446-2 |year=2009 |orig-year= 1974

| ref = {{harvid|Hynds|1974}}

}}

• James K. Reap, Athens: A Pictorial History (Virginia Beach, Va.: Donning Communications, 1982).
• {{citation |title =Athens Historian |publisher=Athens Historical Society |oclc=36821172}} 1996-
• {{cite book |author1=Conoly Hester|author2=Albert L. Hester |title=Athens, Georgia: Celebrating 200 Years at the Millennium |publisher=Community Communications |isbn=978-1-885352-28-6 |location=Montgomery, Ala. |year=1999

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;Published in 21st century

• {{cite book

|author=Paul T. Hellmann

|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States

|year= 2006

|publisher=Taylor & Francis

|isbn=1-135-94859-3

|chapter=Georgia: Athens

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC

| ref = {{harvid|Hellmann|2006}}

}}

• {{cite book |author=Frances Taliaferro Thomas |title=A Portrait of Historic Athens & Clarke County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-8jFTZDrIwC |edition=2nd |publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-3044-0 |year=2009

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}}

• {{cite book |editor1= Suzanne M. Leland |editor2=Kurt Thurmaier |title=City-County Consolidation: Promises Made, Promises Kept?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ksV6dg8YlE8C |year=2010 |publisher=Georgetown University Press |isbn=978-1-58901-622-4

|chapter=Unification promises and outcomes: the case of Athens and Clarke County, Georgia

|author= Dan Durning |author2= Paula Sanford

| ref = {{harvid|Durning|Sanford|2010}}

}}

• {{cite book |series=Postcard History Series |title=Athens |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cQaMPnfjoiQC |location= Charleston, S.C. |publisher= Arcadia |isbn=9780738587929 |year=2011

}}

• {{cite book|author= Michael J. Gagnon |title=Transition to an Industrial South: Athens, Georgia, 1830-1870|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w7FNvyYj7wIC |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |isbn=978-0-8071-4510-4 |year= 2012

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• [http://www.athensclarkecounty.com/ Athens-Clarke city/county government official site]
• [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2210 Athens profile], Georgia Encyclopedia
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• [https://www.athenshistorical.org/index Athens Historical Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809114817/https://www.athenshistorical.org/index |date=August 9, 2020}}
• {{citation |encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia |publisher=Georgia Humanities Council |title=Athens |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/athens}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.libs.uga.edu/athens/history.html |publisher=University of Georgia Libraries |title=Athens-Clarke County Guide: History |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728155816/https://www.libs.uga.edu/athens/history.html |url-status=dead}}
• [https://styleblueprint.com/everyday/athens-georgia-what-to-do-where-to-eat-where-to-stay/ Ferrier, L. (2020, January 11). Why Athens, GA Deserves a Spot on Your Getaway Bucket List.]
• [http://nathanielburkinsphotography.weebly.com/my-athens-georgia-photography-by-nathaniel-burkins.html Photographs of Athens, GA by Nathaniel Burkins]

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