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Athens is a city and the county seat of Henderson County, [6] Texas, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 12,857. [7] The city has called itself the "Black-Eyed Pea Capital of the World." [8] Athens was selected as one of the first "Certified Retirement Communities" in Texas. [9]
Lake Athens is a 1,799 acre [1] reservoir located to the east of Athens, Texas in Henderson County. The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center is located on the north shore of the lake. [2] The lake is located in the Neches River Basin on Flat Creek (a tributary of the Neches River). [3] It has a maximum depth of 50 feet. [4]
Henderson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 82,150. [1] The county seat is Athens. [2] The county is named in honor of James Pinckney Henderson, the first attorney general of the Republic of Texas, and secretary of state for the republic. [3] He later served as the first governor of Texas.
Loop 7 is a beltway in the U.S. state of Texas around the town of Athens. The highway additionally serves as a bypass for U.S. Highway 175 (US 175), State Highway 19 (SH 19), and SH 31 around the town.
Athens-Clarke County redrew the map of the 10 commission districts based on new census data. The map now must be approved by the state.
SH 31 was a route proposed on October 9, 1917 to run from Waco northeast via Corsicana and Athens to Tyler, which remains the western portion of its current route to this day. [2] On November 27, 1922, the route had been extended northeast to Gladewater , replacing part of SH 15 so that SH 15 had only one route west of Gladewater.
SH 19-J begins at an interchange with the Jed Robinson Loop and SH 19, north of downtown Athens, heading south on North Palestine Street, while SH 19 heads east along the loop around the city. Bus. SH 19-J continues south through the town square, which is the location of the Henderson County Courthouse and also comprises the junction with Bus.
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