{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement <!--More parameter fields are available for use at Template:Infobox Settlement--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Athens, Indiana |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = File:United Brethren Bldg 3324.jpg |imagesize = 275 px |image_caption = Community Church of Athens in the old United Brethren in Christ Building |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Indiana#USA |pushpin_label = Athens |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Indiana |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Fulton |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = Henry <!-- Politics -----------------> |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = <!-- Population ------------------------> |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|41|03|14|N|86|07|27|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 807 |founder = |named_for = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 46912 <ref name="zip4.usps.com">http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/zcl_1_results.jsp USPS.com Retrieved 10-19-10</ref> |area_code = |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 18-02530<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 430320<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|430320}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }} '''Athens''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|eɪ|θ|ən|z}})<ref>Pearce, T.M. "Place-Name Pronunciation Guides for Western States" ''California Folklore'', Vol. 10 (Jan. 1951), p. 73</ref> is an unincorporated community hamlet in Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana, originally called '''Hoover Station'''. A post office established as Grant, on December 20, 1875, was moved to Hoover Station in 1883; Hoover Station was a waystation for the Chicago and Atlantic Railway, where Jacob Hoover was the postmaster<ref>''Rochester Sentinel'' February 17, 1883</ref> and kept a general store with his brother.<ref>''Rochester Sentinel'', December 23, 1882</ref> Jacob was the son of Henry and Sarah (Curtis)Hoover, the first white settlers of this area. The name was changed to Athens on May 28, 1896, for Athens, Greece.<ref>Baker, Ronald L. ''From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier place names in folklore and history'' Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995.</ref>

While the town is slowly being incorporated into Rochester, a tiny post office exists there for the few remaining residents who still have an Athens address.<ref name="zip4.usps.com" />

==Geography== Athens is located six miles east of Rochester along Indiana State Road 14.

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{{Commons category|Athens, Indiana}} {{Fulton County, Indiana}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Fulton County, Indiana Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana Category:1875 establishments in Indiana Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1875 {{FultonCountyIN-geo-stub}}