Athens is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Athens Township, Isanti County,

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, United States. Main routes include Isanti County Road 9 (269th Avenue NE), Isanti County Road 56 (261st Avenue NE), and State Highway 65 ( MN 65). Nearby places include Isanti, East Bethel, Stacy, and Athens Wildlife Management Area. The Cedar Creek Ecosystem Reserve, operated by the

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, is also nearby.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Minnesota State Highway 65 Minnesota State Highway 65 (MN 65) is a highway in the east–central and northeast parts of the U.S. state of Minnesota, which starts at its split from Interstate 35W (Minnesota), I-35W, skipping past the downtown Minneapolis core, only to resu ...

* Isanti County Road 9 * Isanti County Road 56

References

* Mn/DOT map of Isanti County – 2013 edition Unincorporated communities in Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Isanti County, Minnesota {{IsantiCountyMN-geo-stub