Hadn't heard that one but I know lots of local folks who have "chimlies" and are "flustrated."

The myth of Athens or Ohio University being located in The Plains is an old one that has no basis in truth. Athens became Athens because, 1. It had the buffalo road that went along the Hocking via East State Street then West State and then once across the river up Margarets Creek before going to Chillicothe. Athens first name was Middletown, the town half way between Ohio's first capitals Marietta and Chillicothe.
2. The farmers shipped their grain each spring in very wide shallow draft boats to the Ohio. The falls at White's Mill were the farest you could go upriver and the "bluffs" overlooked the valley. The bluffs are home to Cutler Hall and the river used to flow where the new Baker Center is now.
There are a few other sources I could cite but too late to dig out the history books. Ms. Marge Stone, author of a book on Athens History pointed out the above to me years ago.

I agree with virtually everything you say here, with one exception. I'm not sure that the old rumor that the surveyors got drunk and placed the university in the wrong locations is false. I do know that years ago when I was reading some microfilm of local papers back in the 1835-45 period that I found a reference to that story and it was repeated as known fact. That, of course, doesn't mean it's necessarily true, but it does mean that the story is a very old (as you say), and that it's so old that it was being repeated only one generation after it supposedly occurred. To my knowledge there are no extant documents to prove or disprove it. No one appears to have the original orders that the surveyors were given. The only documents that I'm aware of that era that are still extant indicate that the university was to be in the center of the Ohio Company of Associates "purchase" from the Confederation Congress, and that the rental lands were to be in Athens and Alexander Townships. The Plains is in Athens Township. So, I still have an open mind on the question of whether or not the university was originally suppose to be in The Plains.

Yay, the Burrow stream is alive again on Bobcatattack.com, thus proving that "Hocking River Strong; Hocking River Proud" not only still flows proudly past Athens High School in the Plains, but Ohio University too. Good Luck, young man! You certainly picked a pressure packed way to start your career at LSU.

[MUSIC: "When you wish upon a star"]

Announcer: "Hey, Joe Burrow! You just won Super Bowl 56! What are you going to do next?"

JB: "I'm going to raise money to feed the poor in Southeast Ohio."

I can’t answer your “(Athens) Townie question”, to which I believe you are referring to Fred Swearingen, but it made me wonder about southeastern Ohio historical representation overall in the Super Bowl. Just for discussion sake, for instance, those either born in, or raised in, counties that includes areas south of I70 and east of 23. I know of several…Ron McDole, born in Chester (Meigs County) and appearing in SB VII with Washington; Garin Veris, Chillicothe High School, appearing in SB XX with Patriots; Mike Bartrum, (Rutland area) Meigs High School, appearing in both SB XXXI with Patriots and SB XXXIX with the Eagles. Are there others?

Although his team lost in the NFCC game, Colton McKivitz from Union Local High School in Belmont County was and is an offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49er's.

The earlier post says south of I70 and east of 23. The last time l was in Lancaster it met both parameters.

Good find BTC! We both missed Tom Crabtree, Bloom Carroll, Green Bay, SB XLV.

Actually, Lancaster is officially designated by the state of Ohio as part of the South Central region of Ohio. Southeast Ohio is actually part of the Appalachian region of Ohio, and neither Lancaster nor Circleville are Southeast.

Betcha BTC is checking the rule books.

Gotta give you credit, BTC. At least you didn't claim to have written the rule books.