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Geography: 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.

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. 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.

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Population: 119 980

Sights:

Athens. Camak House, Meigs Avenue at Finley Street, 1939
Camak House, Meigs Avenue at Finley Street, 1939		 Athens. Camak House, Meigs Avenue at Finley Street, 1939
Camak House, Meigs Avenue at Finley Street, 1939		 Athens. Daniel's Place, between 1939 and 1944
Daniel's Place, between 1939 and 1944		 Athens. Daniel's Place, between 1939 and 1944
Daniel's Place, between 1939 and 1944
Athens. College Avenue
College Avenue		 Athens. Dearing House, Milledge Avenue & Waddell, between 1939 and 1944
Dearing House, Milledge Avenue & Waddell, between 1939 and 1944		 Athens. Father and his sons in front of their store, 1889
Father and his sons in front of their store, 1889		 Athens. Georgian Hotel
Georgian Hotel
Athens. Golding - Gerdine House, Columned Porch, between 1939 and 1944
Golding - Gerdine House, Columned Porch, between 1939 and 1944		 Athens. Hill-White-Bradshaw House, 1939
Hill-White-Bradshaw House, 1939		 Athens. Hotel, Broad Street, Franklin House, Athens Hardware Co, 1936
Hotel, Broad Street, Franklin House, Athens Hardware Co, 1936		 Athens. House, between 1939 and 1944
House, between 1939 and 1944
Athens. Lucy Cobb Institute, Milledge Avenue, 1939
Lucy Cobb Institute, Milledge Avenue, 1939		 Athens. Nicholson House, 224 Thomas Street, 1939
Nicholson House, 224 Thomas Street, 1939		 Athens. Ross Crane House, Pulaski at Washington Street, 1939
Ross Crane House, Pulaski at Washington Street, 1939		 Athens. St Mary's Episcopal Church, between 1939 and 1944
St Mary's Episcopal Church, between 1939 and 1944
Athens. Part of old plantation showing tenant houses in foreground, 1939
Part of old plantation showing tenant houses in foreground, 1939		 Athens. University of Georgia, Lumpkin-Hall stone house, 1939
University of Georgia, Lumpkin-Hall stone house, 1939		 Athens. University of Georgia, Old College, 1939
University of Georgia, Old College, 1939		 Athens. University of Georgia, 1875
University of Georgia, 1875
Athens. University of Georgia, Bishop House, Jackson near Magazine Street, 1939
University of Georgia, Bishop House, Jackson near Magazine Street, 1939		 Athens. University of Georgia, Candler Hall
University of Georgia, Candler Hall		 Athens. University of Georgia, Demosthenian Hall, 1939
University of Georgia, Demosthenian Hall, 1939		 Athens. University of Georgia, School of Landscape Design, 1939
University of Georgia, School of Landscape Design, 1939
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