Athens is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.

"[2] Athens was located on a stagecoach line that ran from the Natchez District to Eastport.

[3] Athens was once home to six stores, three hotels, two churches, two taverns, and a school.

In 1849, the courthouse in Athens burned down and by 1857 the county seat was moved west of the Tombigbee River to Aberdeen.

After the county seat moved, Athens slowly began to lose its population.