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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Marathon (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Marathon. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Marathon is located in Monroe County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monroe County: Collier & Miami-Dade.

Below are the counties that are near Marathon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Marathon:

  • Monroe County     (The home county of Marathon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marathon, with the one closest to Marathon listed first.
    • Marathon Shores
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Pigeon Key
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Key Colony Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Duck Key
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Conch Key
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Key
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Pine Key
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Little Torch Key
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Layton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Layton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
      • Layton is located in Monroe County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
    • Ramrod Key
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Summerland Key
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Matecumbe Key
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cudjoe Key
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Marathon, see our County-by-County Page for Marathon.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Marathon:

Cemeteries Near Marathon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marathon.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

  • Memorial Gardens of the Keys
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Gardens of the Keys have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Gardens of the Keys

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Marathon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Marathon.

The official website for Marathon: www.ci.marathon.fl.us/

The official website for Monroe County: www.co.monroe.fl.us/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.




 

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This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024