About Athens, IL

Athens is a small central Illinois town of about 2,100 people, located 20 miles northwest of Springfield via State Route 97 and I-55. It sits in rolling prairie country along the Sangamon River valley. The town serves as a quiet agricultural community with easy access to Springfield and Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport. Athens is the birthplace of poet Edgar Lee Masters, author of "Spoon River Anthology."

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Athens, IL is in United States, at 39.962, -89.722 - about 26 km north of Leland Grove, IL.

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