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![[Flag of Athens, West Virginia]](../images/u/us-wvath.gif)
image by David Sigley, 20 February 2024See also:
The City of Athens has reported that it does not have a flag.
Valentin Poposki, 2 January 2011
The town flag can be seen at a memorial for former state senator Donald T.
Caruth, who died in 2010. Its possible that the flag was created in honor of his
passing.
There is also a West Virginia University document about a
comprehensive plan about Athens which shows a depiction of the flag:
https://landuse.law.wvu.edu
The flag is a light blue field with a
white border, separated a thin black border. In the center is the town seal,
white a slight radial gradient of white eradiating off of it. The seal is
slightly modified with the town and state name taking up one side of the ring
instead of two. The founding year is also moved from the water and onto the
seal's ring.
Links
Google Streetview of the
flag:
https://www.google.com/maps
David Sigley, 20 February 2024
![[Seal of Athens, West Virginia]](../images/u/us-wvath).gif)
image by David Sigley, 20 February 2024
The seal shows a gold ring with the town and state name inscribed on it. The
disk depicts a simplistic scene of a sun rising over mountains with a body of
water at the bottom, possibly referring to a reservoir on the Laurel Creek
located south of the town. Inside the water is the founding year.
David Sigley, 20 February 2024