Welcome to Marathon County, Wisconsin

Wisconsin became a territory in 1836, and was made a state on May 29, 1848. Marathon County was formed from a larger county called Portage, in 1850.It originally encompassed all of what is now Marathon County, Lincoln County, Oneida County, and parts of others. Its white population was at that time 308, who mostly resided in Wausau, known then as Big Bull Falls. Wausau became the county seat in 1850. Because the exact center of the Western, American half of the northern hemisphere, the spot where the 45th parallel and the 90th meridian meet lies in Marathon County, we say that Marathon County is the heartland of America. John Gesicki of Poniatowski (north of  Edgar)is responsible for the finding of the  geological 45X90 laditude and longitude mark. After the county erected a marker, the area was made a county park.

IF YOU FIND ANY USEFUL INFORMATION BECAUSE OF THIS MARATHON COUNTY PAGE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! Or if any of these links don't work please let me know.

The material presented on this page is free and offered through the efforts of myself and other volunteers, and was last updated  June 2013.
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• 1. If you need lookups done, go to this page.

  2. Look for Marathon County resources. Subscribe to the new Marathon County mailing list.

  3. Look for other resources available to anyone researching their roots. Subscribe to the Wisconsin mailing list.

  4. Listing of Townships, Cities, Towns, and Very Small Places and a listing of place names from the 1895 atlas.

  5. SUCCESSES!

• In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database. The idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Kentucky, where collected databases would be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index. This led to the US GENWEB of which Wisconsin is a part.

  Volunteers are needed who are willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of the web page.

  My name is Shelley Green and I am the person responsible for the Marathon County page. You can e-mail me. If you would like to contribute your information (surnames/lookup sources) to this page, please let me know. I would like to see lots of volunteers to do lookups. I will  list you on my lookup page if you own resources and would be willing to help others via email or US mail. Or if you would like to host a Wisconsin county, contact Tina Vickery or Marcia Ann Kuehl.

• Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013  Shelley Dodge Green