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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. [1] Its county seat is Wausau. [2] It was founded in 1850, [2] created from a portion of Portage County. At that time the county stretched to the northern border with ...
In 1953, the county owned 33,000 books and circulation was 317,873, up from 290,766 in 1952. [16] By the 1960s, that number had doubled. In 1969, the county library owned 99,628 books and circulation was 1,399,830. [17] The first bookmobile in Marathon County was purchased in 1949 and held 3,000 books.
Little Chicago is an unincorporated residential and agricultural community on Marathon County Highway A in located along the border of the towns of Hamburg and Berlin, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] [2] [3]
Location of Marathon County in Wisconsin. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Marathon County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Marathon County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for ...
The World's Largest Round Barn was built in 1916 and is part of the grounds for the annual Central Wisconsin State Fair. In 1851 and 1853, when the area was still forested, surveyors working for the U.S. government marked all the section corners in the 6 by 6 miles (9.7 by 9.7 km) square which now includes Marshfield, Hewitt, and Cameron, working on foot with compass and chain.
In 1877, J. B. Holmes and B. D. Holmes built a mill to saw lumber and shingles at the site of March Rapids on the Big Eau Pleine River in the pine forest of central Wisconsin. A village named Hope formed around the mill, with possibly 75 inhabitants.
The Joseph Dessert Library (also known as the Marathon County Public Library - Mosinee Branch [2]) at 123 Main St. in Mosinee, Wisconsin was built in 1898 and expanded in 1928. [3] It was designed by architect Alexander C. Eschweiler. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Marathon County, Wisconsin, geography stubs (32 P) Pages in category "Marathon County, Wisconsin" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.