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Athens County is a county in southeastern Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 64,757. Its county seat is Athens. The county was formed in 1805 from Washington County. Because the original state university (Ohio University) was founded there in 1804, the town and the county were named for the ancient center of learning, Athens, Greece.
On August 11th 2016, a female came to the Athens County Sheriff's Office to report domestic violence. She reported a verbal altercation turned physical on Grand street in Hockingport, Ohio. Deputies made contact with the suspect Virgil E. Parsons at a later time and made an arrest for Domestic Violence.