New Athens, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 1981 Housing Units (2000): 819 Land area (2000): 1.725164 sq. miles (4.468155 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.111181 sq. miles (0.287957 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.836345 sq. miles (4.756112 sq. km) FIPS code: 52116 Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17 Location: 38.322660 N, 89.874811 W ZIP Codes (1990): 62264 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: New Athens, IL New Athens