Athens, Indiana

Athens
—  Unincorporated town  —
Athens
Coordinates: 41°03′13″N 86°07′31″W / 41.05361°N 86.12528°W / 41.05361; -86.12528Coordinates: 41°03′13″N 86°07′31″W / 41.05361°N 86.12528°W / 41.05361; -86.12528
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Fulton
Township	Henry
Elevation	807 ft (246 m)
ZIP code	46912 [1]
FIPS code	18-02530[2]
GNIS feature ID	430320[3]

Athens is an unincorporated hamlet in Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana, originally called Hoover Station. The town's name is pronounced with a long a and stress on the first syllable.^[4] A post office established as Grant, on December 20, 1875, was moved to Hoover Station in 1883; Hoover Station was a waystation for the Chicago & Alton Railway, where Jacob Hoover was the postmaster^[5] and kept a general store with his brother^[6]. The name was changed to Athens, May 28, 1896, for Athens, Greece.^[7]

While the town is slowly being incorporated into Rochester, a tiny post-office exists there for the few remaining residents that still have an Athens address.^[8]

Geography

Athens is located at 41°03′13″N 86°07′31″W / 41.05361°N 86.12528°W / 41.05361; -86.12528 six miles east of Rochester along Indiana State Road 14.

References

1. ^ http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/zcl_1_results.jsp USPS.com Retrieved 10-19-10
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ "Athens, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:430320. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
4. ^ Pearce, T.M. "Place-Name Pronunciation Guides for Western States" California Folklore, Vol. 10 (Jan. 1951), p. 73
5. ^ Rochester Sentinel February 17, 1883
6. ^ Rochester Sentinel, December 23, 1882
7. ^ Baker, Ronald L. From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier place names in folklore and history Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995.
8. ^ http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/zcl_1_results.jsp USPS.com Retrieved 10-19-10

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