Marathon Village

Marathon Village Hall is located at 18 Tannery Street, Marathon NY 13803; phone: 607‑849‑3812. Marathon was incorporated as a village in 1861.

Beginnings [1]

In 1869 Marathon was a postal village on both sides of the Tioughnioga; it was a station stop on the Syracuse, Binghampton and New York railroad and contained three churches, an academy, a newspaper office, two hotels, a large grist and flour mill, a number of saw mills, a large tannery, a number of stores and mechanic shops and about 1,100 residents.

1. Hamilton Child, Gazetteer and Business Directory of Cortland County N.Y., for 1869, The Journal Office, Syracuse, 1869.