Marathon
Marathon is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 230 at the time of the 2020 census. The food writer Richard Olney grew up in Marathon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 230 residents
- Description: city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States
- Also known as: “Marathon, IA” and “Marathon, Iowa”
- Postal code: 50565
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Albert City and Webb.
Albert City
Village
Albert City is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 677 at the 2020 census. The town was established in 1890 on property owned by George Anderson, and was initially named Manthorp, after a town in Sweden. Albert City is situated 6 miles south of Marathon.
Webb
Village
Webb is a city in Clay County, Iowa, United States. The population was 138 in the 2020 census, a decline from 165 in 2000. The Webb post office opened in 1900. Webb is situated 6 miles north of Marathon.
Marathon
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Poland Township, Buena Vista, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.86141° or 42° 51′ 41″ northLongitude
-94.98232° or 94° 58′ 56″ westPopulation
230Elevation
1,391 feet (424 metres)United Nations Location Code
US OM9Open location code
86J7V269+H3OpenStreetMap ID
node 151721539OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Marathon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ماراثون”
- Basque: “Marathon”
- Catalan: “Marathon”
- Cebuano: “Marathon”
- Chechen: “Марафон”
- Chinese: “Marathon”
- Chinese: “馬拉松”
- Chinese: “馬拉鬆”
- Czech: “Marathon”
- Danish: “Marathon”
- Dutch: “Marathon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماراثون”
- French: “Marathon”
- German: “Marathon”
- Gilaki: “ماراتؤن (آیؤوا)”
- Gilaki: “ماراتؤن”
- Haitian: “Marathon, Iowa”
- Haitian: “Marathon”
- Ido: “Marathon, Iowa”
- Ido: “Marathon”
- Irish: “Marathon”
- Italian: “Marathon”
- Japanese: “マラソン”
- Kazakh: “Marason”
- Kazakh: “Марасон”
- Kazakh: “ماراسون”
- Kirghiz: “Марасон”
- Ladin: “Marathon”
- Malagasy: “Marathon, Iowa”
- Malagasy: “Marathon”
- Mazanderani: “ماراتون (آیووا)”
- Mazanderani: “ماراتون”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Marathon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Marathon”
- Persian: “ماراتون، آیووا”
- Persian: “ماراتون”
- Polish: “Marathon”
- Portuguese: “Marathon”
- Serbian: “Marathon”
- Serbian: “Маратон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Marathon, Iowa”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Marathon”
- Slovak: “Marathon”
- South Azerbaijani: “ماراتون، آیووا”
- Spanish: “Marathon”
- Swedish: “Marathon, Iowa”
- Swedish: “Marathon”
- Tatar: “Марафон”
- Ukrainian: “Марафон”
- Urdu: “میراتھن، آئیووا”
- Urdu: “میراتھن”
- Uzbek: “Marathon”
- Uzbek: “Маратҳон”
- Vietnamese: “Marathon, Iowa”
- Vietnamese: “Marathon”
- Volapük: “Marathon”
- Welsh: “Marathon, Iowa”
- Welsh: “Marathon”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Marathon City Hall and Marathon Public Library.
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