Athens Jail
Government in Athens, GA
Athens-Clarke County, comprised of 125 square miles, is the smallest in land area of Georgia's 159 counties. City Hall, situated in downtown Athens on one of the highest points in Athens, is approximately 761 feet above sea level. It was the twenty-5th county established in the state and is situated approximately 65 miles NE of Atlanta. According to the 2000 census, Clarke County was the fourteenth most populous county in the state with 101, 489. In 1990, the census showed 87, 594 people. The Athens-Clarke County Planning Department estimates the 2005 population at 108, 222.