Athalia, Ohio

Athalia, Ohio
Houses on Market Street
Houses on Market Street
Location of Athalia, Ohio
Location of Athalia, Ohio
Location of Athalia in Lawrence County
Location of Athalia in Lawrence County
Coordinates: 38°30′46″N 82°18′34″W / 38.51278°N 82.30944°W / 38.51278; -82.30944
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyLawrence
TownshipRome
Area
 • Total0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2)
 • Land0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation558 ft (170 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total279
 • Estimate 
(2023)[3]
269
 • Density406.71/sq mi (157.12/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code39-02722[4]
GNIS feature ID2398003[2]

Athalia is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 279 at the 2020 census.

Athalia is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

According to tradition, Athalia was named after the daughter of a first settler.[5]

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Athalia, Ohio
  3. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Ohio: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 6.