Marathon County
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county in Wisconsin, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wisconsin
- Named after
- Marathon, Greece
- Seat
- Wausau
- Largest city
- Wausau
- Total
- 1,576 sq mi (4,080 km )
- Land
- 1,545 sq mi (4,000 km )
- Water
- 31 sq mi (80 km ) 2.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 139,432
- Density
- 89.3/sq mi (34.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .marathoncounty .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Battle of Marathon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wisconsin
- Contains
- Abbotsford
- Capital
- Wausau
- Population
- 166428
- Area
- 4082
- Shares border with
- Taylor County
- Highest point
- Rib Mountain
- Official website
- www.co.marathon.wi.us
- Image
- Marathon County Courthouse, Wisconsin.jpg
- Households
- 55998
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- Commons category
- Marathon County, Wisconsin
- topic's main category
- Category:Marathon County, Wisconsin
- water as percent of area
- 2
- inception
- 1850-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Marathon County, Wisconsin
- native label
- Marathon County
- per capita income
- 33608
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Wisconsin 1866 US land Office Marathon County Fairgrounds
Marathon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 138,013. Its county seat is Wausau. It was founded in 1850, created from a portion of Portage County. At that time the county stretched to the northern border with the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is named after the battlefield at Marathon, Greece.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marathon County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.