Marathon, New York
| Marathon, New York | |
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| Town of Marathon | |
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 Location within Cortland County and New York |
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| Coordinates: 42°26′54″N 076°00′43″W / 42.44833°N 76.01194°WCoordinates: 42°26′54″N 076°00′43″W / 42.44833°N 76.01194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Cortland |
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| • Type | Town Council |
| • Town Supervisor | Charles S. Adams (R) |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 25.07 sq mi (64.93 km2) |
| • Land | 24.94 sq mi (64.59 km2) |
| • Water | 0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,332 ft (406 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,967 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 1,888 |
| • Density | 75.71/sq mi (29.23/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 36-023-45403 |
| GNIS feature ID | 979194 |
Marathon is a town in Cortland County, New York, United States. The population was 1,967 at the 2010 census.
The town of Marathon contains a village also named Marathon. The town is on the south border of the county and is in the Southern tier region of New York State and is southeast of Cortland.
The Central New York Maple Festival takes place in Marathon annually.
Marathon is within the bounds of the former Central New York Military Tract. The first settlers arrived in 1794.
The town was formed from part of the town of Cincinnatus as the "Town of Harrison" in 1818. The name was changed to "Marathon" in 1828 because another town in New York was named Harrison. The present name is after the Battle of Marathon.
The village of Marathon set itself off from the town in 1861 by incorporation.
Thurlow Weed, political boss and publisher, came to this town with his family in 1808.
Carl T. Hayden, only New Yorker to ever serve as both Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents (1995-2002) and Chairman of the State University of New York (SUNY)(2007-2012).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 25.1 square miles (64.9 km2), of which 25.0 square miles (64.7 km2) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 0.53%, is water.
U.S. Route 11 and Interstate 81 are important north-south highways, and New York State Route 221, an east-west highway, intersects the former at Marathon village.
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