Athens, Louisiana
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Claiborne |
| Elevation | 302 ft (92.0 m) |
| Coordinates | 32°39′01″N 93°01′28″W / 32.65028°N 93.02444°WCoordinates: 32°39′01″N 93°01′28″W / 32.65028°N 93.02444°W |
| Area | 2.2 sq mi (5.7 km2) |
| - land | 2.2 sq mi (6 km2) |
| - water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2), 0% |
| Population | 249 (2010) |
| Density | 111.2/sq mi (42.9/km2) |
| Incorporated | 1902 |
| Mayor | Hubie D. James |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 318 |
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Athens is a village in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 249 at the 2010 census.
The Pilgrim's Pride poultry hatchery in Athens was designated for closure early in 2009, along with other company businesses in nearby Arcadia in Bienville Parish, Choudrant in Lincoln Parish, and Farmerville in Union Parish, where the company maintained a processing and protein conversion plant. Several weeks later, however, Pilgrim's Pride accepted an $80 million offer from Foster Farms of California to purchase the operations. In addition to the 1,300 direct jobs, mostly in Farmerville, the purchase spares the small farms of some three hundred independent growers. Foster Farms put up $40 million and the State of Louisiana a matching $40 million. Foster Farms will further invest $10 million in capital improvements at the Farmerville plant, to be matched by the state, in an agreement announced by Governor Bobby Jindal.
The village was named after the ancient city of Athens, capital of Greece. Athens became the parish seat of Claiborne Parish in 1846, but in 1848 fire destroyed the courthouse and all the records in it. Soon thereafter the Claiborne Parish Police Jury decided to move the parish seat to its present location in Homer.
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