Village of Athens, Marathon County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

The village president and trustees could not be named: the village site disallows automated access and no other official roster was found.

The village board's meeting schedule and agenda posting locations could not be confirmed from a source read this session.

No list of major employers in the Village of Athens was found in a primary source.

The fire and EMS provider for the village was not confirmed from a source read this session.

No village park, trail, or lake was confirmed from a source read this session.

No recurring village festival was confirmed from a source read this session; the MCPL Athens Branch page lists the Central Wisconsin Book Festival, September 23 to 27, among upcoming library events.

The municipality is the Village of Athens, an incorporated village in Marathon County, Wisconsin (Census place GEOID 5503550).

Athens is a village, not a city or town; the Census Gazetteer classes it as an incorporated village.

In the Wisconsin DOA's statewide 2025 municipal estimates file, the Village of Athens in Marathon County is the only municipality named Athens; no Town of Athens appears there.

The school district describes the village as in an agricultural area of north central Wisconsin about 25 miles northwest of Wausau, with residential development concentrated along State Highway 97.

The same page says the village is bounded by two creeks on its north and south sides that meet along its east side.

The Village of Athens covers 2.45 square miles of land and no water area.

The village's Census internal point is near 45.034871, -90.07921.

The 2020 Census counted 1,059 residents in the Village of Athens.

The Wisconsin DOA estimates the village's population at 1,165 as of January 1, 2025.

The Census Bureau's July 1, 2024 estimate for Athens is 1,064 (2020 estimates base 1,065).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of the village's population is 1,005 (+/-113).

The ACS 2019-2023 median age in Athens is 44.2 years (+/-7.1).

The ACS 2019-2023 median household income in Athens is $49,904 (+/-$9,788).

The ACS 2019-2023 median value of owner-occupied homes in Athens is $168,100 (+/-$13,908).

The state Municipal Data System lists the Village of Athens clerk as Lisa Czech (715-257-9170, [email address]).

The village's physical address is 203 Alfred Street, and its mailing address is PO Box 220, Athens, WI 54411.

The village's official website is athenswis.com, which the school district links as the Village of Athens Website.

The school district's page gives the village contact email as [email address], which differs from the state record; the phone number 715-257-9170 matches.

Athens School District (NCES 5500570) covers the village; it is a PK-12 district of 4 schools with 417 students and 37.40 FTE classroom teachers in 2024-25, based at 601 West Limits Road.

TIGERweb returns only the Athens School District for the village's boundary.

Public schools with an Athens address are Athens Elementary (209 N Schlegel St), Athens Middle and Athens High (601 W Village Limits Rd), and Maple Grove School (135594 County Road L).

The School District of Athens uses the motto 'One Town. One Team. One Dream.'

Marathon County had 3,436 business establishments and 65,770 paid employees in 2023, including 18,923 in manufacturing.

The school district's description lists residential, agricultural, commercial, governmental, industrial, transportation, and recreation land uses in the village.

The Record-Review, published by Central Wisconsin News, covers the Athens, Edgar, Marathon, and Stratford areas and school districts.

The Marathon County Public Library's Athens Branch is at 203 Alfred Street, which is also the village's physical address in the state's January 2024 clerk record, and it is open six days a week (Monday through Saturday).

IMLS lists one public library outlet in Athens: the Athens Branch.

HRSA lists two Bridge Community Health Clinic school-based sites in Athens, at the elementary school (209 Schlegel St) and the middle and high school (601 W Limit Rd).

Village addresses use Athens, WI 54411.

The Marathon County Public Library says the Athens library began in the Bloczyski Hotel, moved to the Community Hall in 1941, joined the Marathon County Library in 1947, became a branch of the newly formed MCPL in 1974, and moved to its current Alfred Street location in 2024.

USGS GNIS records a populated place named Athens in Marathon County at 45.0330224, -90.0740226.