Athens

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Athens

Land area127.88 km²

Coordinates44.63°, -75.95°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Athens is a township in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the St. Lawrence River, near Brockville, west of Addison, and about 90 kilometres (56 mi) south west of Ottawa. Formerly, it was a part of Yonge township before becoming Rear of Yonge and Escott with Athens as its own municipality. On January 1, 2001, the Township of Rear of Yonge and Escott amalgamated with the Village of Athens to form the new Township of Athens.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Ontario

• Greenbush
  6.8 mi away
• Mallorytown
  10.9 mi away
• Outlet
  11 mi away
• Portland
  12.7 mi away
• Algonquin
  14.9 mi away
• Seeley's Bay
  17.3 mi away
• Port Elmsley
  20.2 mi away
• Merrickville
  20.8 mi away · pop. 2,800
• Bishops Mills
  21 mi away
• Domville
  21.6 mi away
• Prescott
  22.4 mi away
• Willetsholme
  23.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Athens

Athens Gallery in the Royal Ontario Museum

J. Walter (James Walter) 1906- Graham · 2021

The Athens gallery in the Royal Ontario Museum

J. Walter Graham · 1963

Farmersville marriages (Athens), Yonge Township, Leeds County, Ontario, 1858-1896

Edwin A. Livingston · 1986

A new model of the Athenian Acropolis in the Royal Ontario Museum

J. Walter Graham · 1960

Illustrated souvenir to commemorate the athletic victory of William. J. Sherring, Hamilton, Canada, honorary citizen of Marathon, in the great International Marathon Road Race, Athens, Greece, May 1, 1906

1906

Mother Barnes, the witch of Plum Hollow

Patti Miller · 2007

History of the World's Fair

Benjamin Cummings Truman · 1893

A TOUR OF THE WORLD

Malik Mansab Khan · 2025

Search results from Open Library.

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