Athens, Mississippi
Athens is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
Athens is located at 33°52′20″N 88°26′30″W / 33.87222°N 88.44167°W.
Among the notable residents of Athens was attorney Samuel J. Gholson, a United States Congressman, judge, and Confederate general in the Civil War.
Athens served as county seat from 1830–36 and then again from 1842-1850, however there was no courthouse built in Athens for the second turn as county seat. This jail was constructed in 1830 by W. S. Cook
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