Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Marathon came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Marathon in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Marathon. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Marathon data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1999
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Marathon is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Marathon in these Censuses: 2010-2000. See our Census Page for Marathon for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Marathon. See our Misc Page for Marathon for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Marathon:

The following route mentioned Marathon as a scheduled stop:

The Havana Special: From the timetable for the Havana Special (train schedule from 1933). The defunct Havana Special travelled between New York (NY) and Key West (FL)