A visit to the Marathon Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Marathon Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Marathon Cemetery (FG ID #207540)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Marathon Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Marathon Cemetery

Lat:   30.1970°   (30° 11' 49")

Lon:   -103.2418°   (-103° 14' 30")

The Marathon Cemetery is located in Brewster County<2>.

The county seat for Brewster County is located in Alpine. Alpine lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Marathon Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Marathon Cemetery:

• Pages specific to Texas:
  • Cyndi's List
  • Family Search
  • Genealogy Trails
• Pages specific to Brewster County:
  • Cyndi's List
  • Family Search
  • Genealogy Trails
• Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • From Find-A-Grave:
  • The Marathon Cemetery (FG ID #207540)
  • From Cyndi's List:
  • Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cemeteries of Brewster County
  • Cemetery Junction:
  • Directory for Texas
  • From FamilySearch:
  • Cemeteries Wiki for Texas
  • From Interment.net:
  • Cemeteries of Texas
• About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
  • Although we don't have a link to the Marathon Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
  • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 4 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Marathon Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Marathon Cemetery, with the nearest first.

• Marathon
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
  • Marathon is located in Brewster County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marathon <4>
• Lenox
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lenox have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
  • Lenox is located in Brewster County
• Maxon ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxon
  • Maxon is located in Brewster County
  • Maxon has also been known as:
  • Maxon Springs
• Alpine
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Alpine is located in Brewster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,036 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpine <4>

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Marathon Cemetery. The following communities are located in Brewster County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Marathon Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

• Alpine
  • Alpine lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Marathon Cemetery.
  • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alpine.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 2 that are within 26 miles [41.8 km] of the Marathon Cemetery.<6>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Marathon Cemetery, with the nearest first.

• Holy Angels Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • The Holy Angels Cemetery is located in Brewster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Angels Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993938 <1>
• Elm Grove Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • The Elm Grove Cemetery is located in Brewster County
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elm Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Alpine.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elm Grove Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3425 <1>

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Marathon Cemetery:

• Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #207540

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Brewster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Marathon Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1970, Longitude: -103.2418
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	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.
<6>	While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.