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Athalia’s post office opened in 1855, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1906 on and the census since 1880.

1855first post office
0on the National Register
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Quick answers

How Athalia began

When was Athalia founded?

1855

The Athalia post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Haskellville (1841), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 251 in 18802020 census: 279171 years
Founding year: the first Athalia post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Athalia’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Athalia are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 373 in 2010; 279 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19066 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 2002. Watch Athalia change.
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Start Athalia’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Athalia’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Athalia, census by census

010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 373

Peaked at 373 in 2010; 279 people lived here in 2020.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Athalia’s Wikipedia page.

On the map

Athalia on the map, 1906 to 2002

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Athalia. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Athalia on the 1906 USGS mapAthalia on the 1958 USGS mapAthalia on the 1968 USGS mapAthalia on the 1975 USGS mapAthalia on the 1985 USGS mapAthalia on the 2002 USGS map1906Athalia sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Athalia.

The story so far

Athalia, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Athalia yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

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.

Its first post office opened in 1855. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 373 to 279 (-25%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Athalia, 1841 to 2010

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1841Post officeThe Haskellville post office opens
  3. 1855Post officeThe Haskellville post office closes
  4. 1855Post officeThe Athalia post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1959Post officeThe Athalia post office closes
  8. 21st century
  9. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 373
By decade

Athalia, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Market north of Myrtle2015Market north of MyrtleMap of Lawrence County Ohio Highlighting Athalia Village2015Map of Lawrence County Ohio Highlighting Athalia Vill…MapOHMap-doton-Athalia2004OHMap-doton-Athalia
Famous people

Famous people close to Athalia

Nobody well known was born in Athalia itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Brad DourifAmerican actor · b. 1950
Thomas MassieAmerican politician · b. 1971
Michael W. SmithAmerican musician and songwriter · b. 1957
O. J. MayoAmerican basketball player · b. 1987
Hal GreerAmerican basketball player · b. 1936
Aaron StatonAmerican actor · b. 1980
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Athalia had its own post office from 1855 to 1959. Another post office, Haskellville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Haskellville
1841–1855
Athalia
1855–1959
18401930today
Gone or out of use
Athalia Rural Branch Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Miller1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Athalia’s history

What year was Athalia founded?

The Athalia post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.