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History · Marathon

21% of Marathon’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper.

0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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What stands out about Marathon’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marathon’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewMarathon City Bridge, Spanning Big Rib …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Marathon, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Marathon yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Marathon is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 995 at the 2020 census. The village of Marathon City was incorporated from a part of the town's original area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,048 to 995 (-5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Marathon, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Marathon City Bridge, Spanning Big Rib River, on state Trunk Highway 107Date?Marathon City Bridge, Spanning Big Rib River, on stat…
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Marathon City Bridge, Spanning Big Rib River, on state Trunk Highway 107
Retake this viewMarathon City Bridge, Spanning Big Rib River, on state Trunk Highway 107

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Marathon’s page.

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Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Woodlawn Schoolschool

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Marathon City1 historic placeB−Rib MountainIts storyC−Stettin1 historic placeB−MosineeIts storyC−CasselIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.