Athens
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.615, -117.833
Why it was abandoned
⚒️ Mines & quarries
Detected automatically from the text: Athens is a former mining settlement in Nye County, Nevada.
History
Athens is a former mining settlement in Nye County, Nevada. It was established after a boom in 1910, but was deserted that same year. After the Warrior mine was founded, Athens revived and was inhabited until 1939, when the mining operations were ceased.