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Athens, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 11' 26.4633", -95° 51' 7.54340000004"

Texas State
Historical Marker

Founded 1850. Named for Athens, Greece. Supply and military training headquarters during Civil War. Sent army about 1,000 men. Center for manufacturing and agriculture. Home of annual Old Fiddlers' Contest and of Henderson County Junior College. Black-eyed peas capital of the world.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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