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| Name | Marathon |
| Alt names | Marathon | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 44.9°N 89.767°W |
| Located in | Wisconsin, United States (1850 - ) |
| See also | Brown, Wisconsin, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Crawford, Wisconsin, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lincoln, Wisconsin, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Price, Wisconsin, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Taylor, Wisconsin, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Marathon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 138,013.[1] Marathon County's seat is Wausau. It was founded in 1850,[2] created from a portion of Portage County. At that time the county stretched to the northern border with the upper Michigan peninsula. It is named after the battlefield at Marathon, Greece.
Marathon County comprises the Wausau, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, WI Combined Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1841 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1849 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1851 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1861 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1870 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 508
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| 1860 | 2,892
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| 1870 | 5,885
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| 1880 | 17,121
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| 1890 | 30,369
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| 1900 | 43,256
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| 1910 | 55,054
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| 1920 | 65,259
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| 1930 | 70,629
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| 1940 | 75,915
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| 1950 | 80,337
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| 1960 | 88,874
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| 1970 | 97,457
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| 1980 | 111,270
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| 1990 | 115,400
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