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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Marathon came from various goverment sources (GNIS, 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.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Marathon:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Road Map for Texas (from Shell Oil, 1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/