Do you know of Marathon ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Marathon. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Marathon.

Our sources for Marathon (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Marathon other than they indicate that Marathon would be found somewhere in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Marathon ...

We found eight communities that share the name Marathon.

Within Wisconsin, the name Marathon is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Florida
    • Monroe County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Marathon [Monroe County].
  • Iowa
    • Buena Vista County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Marathon [Buena Vista County].
  • Louisiana
    • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Marathon [Saint John the Baptist Parish].
  • Mississippi
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Marathon [Washington County].
  • New York
    • Cortland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Marathon [Cortland County].
  • Ohio
    • Clermont County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Marathon [Clermont County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Marathon.
  • Texas
    • Brewster County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Marathon [Brewster County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Marathon ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Marathon:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Marathon - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

The FIPS database contains an entry for Marathon.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 55/49050   (Place Name: Marathon)

County: Marathon     (FIPS State/County: 55/073)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Marathon County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Marathon County.