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256. FIPS code. 01-02956. GNIS feature ID. 2403123 [6] Website. www .athensal .us. Athens is a city in and the county seat of Limestone County, in the U.S. state of Alabama; it is included in the Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 25,406.
History. Athens State University is Alabama's oldest educational institution of higher learning. It began as the Athens Female Academy in 1822. [1] The Methodist Church began oversight of the institution in 1842, changing the name to Athens Female Institute. It became Athens Female College in 1889.
There are four institutions of higher learning in Alabama that are listed among Tier 1 national universities by U.S. News & World Report - The University of Alabama (UA), Auburn University (AU), the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). These four universities are also classified among "R1 ...
Limestone County, Alabama. / 34.811111111111°N 86.984166666667°W / 34.811111111111; -86.984166666667. Limestone County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 103,570. [3] Its county seat is Athens. [4] The county is named after Limestone Creek.
The Alabama state legislature formed additional counties from former native lands as the Indian Removal Act took effect and settlers populated different areas of Alabama. In 1820, Alabama had 29 counties. By 1830 there were 36 and Native Americans still occupied large areas of land in northeast and far western Alabama.
U.S. Route 31 ( US 31) in Alabama runs north–south up through the heart of Alabama for 386.449 miles (621.929 km). US 31 proper begins at a junction with US 90 and US 98 in Spanish Fort and exits the state into Tennessee running concurrently with Interstate 65 (I-65) near Ardmore. US 31 enters the limits of major cities Montgomery, Birmingham ...
University of South Alabama Children's and Women's Hospital: Mobile: Mobile: 248: None: USA Health Providence Hospital: Mobile: Mobile: 349: Level III: USA Health University Hospital: Mobile: Mobile: 183: Level I: Level I trauma center. Not recognized by the American College of Surgeons. Vaughan Regional Medical Center: Selma: Dallas: 109 ...
The University of Athens was founded on 3 May 1837 by King Otto of Greece (in Greek, Óthon) and was named in his honour Othonian University (Οθώνειον Πανεπιστήμιον). It was the first university in the liberated Greek state and in the surrounding area of Southeast Europe as well.