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ATHENS, TEXAS
Henderson County
Seat, East
Texas
27 miles S of I-20
Junction of State Hwy 31 and 19,
73 miles SE of Dallas
on US Hwy 175
Population
11,700
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The
brick and concrete Henderson County jail was completed in 1925 and
used until 1991.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February 2006 |
Athens Attractions
Henderson
County Courthouse
Henderson
County Historical Museum
217 N. Prairieville Street
East Texas
Arboretum & Botanical Society
100 Acres of trails and paths, including a Bluebird trail.
On Patterson Road off Highway 175
Purtis
Creek Recreational Area
A 1500 acre park including Purtis Creek Lake
12 miles North of town on FM 316
Camping, hiking, fishing and boating.
Cedar Creek
Reservoir
Between US 175 and Texas 274
15 miles west of Athens
Texas Freshwater
Fisheries Center
5550 Flat Creek Road. 903-676-2277
Open Tuesday through Saturday 9 to 4 Sundays 1 -4
An unusual opportunity to see every species of Texas freshwater
fish in their natural habitat. Exhibits of record fish, largest
largemouth bass in captivity and a casting pond stocked with rainbow
trout and channel catfish.
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Sunday drives
in and around Athens
Athens:
Where the hamburger was invented
(From "East Texas Sunday Drives" by Bob Bowman)
Athens, New York, Texas Cheesecakes, LaRue, Brownsboro, Edom,
Purtis Creek State Park, Eustace, Mabank, Gun Barrel City, Payne
Springs, Caney City, Malakoff and Cross Roads.
Athens
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Nearby Destinations
Hwy 19 : North
25 miles to Canton, or
Hwy 19 : South
36 miles to Palestine.
Hwy 31 : East
36 miles to Tyler,
or
Hwy 31 : West
37 miles to Corsicana via
Malakoff, Trinidad and Kerens.
Athens Tourist
Information
Athens Visitor
Initiative Program
124 North Palestine, Athens, TX75751
903-677-0775 or 1-888-294-AVIP
Website: www.athenstx.org
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Baptist
Church
1915 Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/~txgenweb// postcards/Index.html
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