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Early History
Marathon Township was named for the famous Greek battlefield. Organized in 1839, the township was named by Silas D. McKeen who ran a saw mill and who was a member of the Michigan Legislature. The first town (now called township) meeting was held on the first day of April 1839, at the home of Abijah Willey. This was two years after Michigan joined the Union of the United States of America. Only 12 men were available for the 20 township offices. Horace N. Lathrop was elected first supervisor, S.D. McKeen was clerk, and Martin Volentine collector. Volentine said he never took any money in 1839 and 1840 except what turned out to be a bogus silver dollar.

Early Finances
The next meeting S.D. McKeen was moderator and Richard Bronson, Abraham Hollenbeck, Andrew McArthur and Alonzo Davis were inspectors of the election. The first business was the appropriation of $250.00 for improvement of highways. The sum of $5.00 was voted for wolf bounty. Aaron Rood was the first man to enter a land claim. He took out his claim Novermber 25, 1836. There was a great deal of pine in the township at the time and it was for years more noted for lumbering than for farming.

Source
This information was given to the Marathon Township Board by Ilah Nicholes (wife of township sexton Bert Nichols, mother of Bob Nichols, former sexton, and was read at the 1989 annual meeting of the Marathon Township Board, which was the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of Marathon Township. In October 1987, the community along with the Marathon Township Board and the State of Michigan celebrated their 150th birthdays.

Marathon Township Supervisors

Marathon Township Clerks

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Martin Volentine	1839
Abraham Hollenbeck	1840
Daniel Clark	1841, 44
Jacob Hollenbeck	1842
Seth Willey	1843
Lafayette Warren	1845
Evart Clute	1846-48, 55-56
Andrew Farrell	1849
John Stanley	1850
John Blue	1851
Needham Hemingway	1852
Ephraim Clute	1853, 62, 65
Palmer Carpenter	1854
George H. Kilbourn	1857
A F Richards	1858
Andrew Aurand	1859-60
Chauncey Maxfield	1861
William Hollenbeck	1863
John Davis	1864
Nelson K. Lawrence	1866
Abijah Willey	1867-68
Joe Deming	1869
Munson Grover	1870
J T Wheeler	1871-72
Oscar F Hunnywell	1873-75
Allison W Whipple	1881
John L Preston	1882-83
George Rook	1878-79
Harris Edgerton	1881
Robert Armour	1882-83
Irving McArthur	1884
Sylvester Sherman	1885-86
Eugene Hollenbeck	1890
Byron Lawrence	1891
Norman Stark	1892
Issac L Hemingway	1894-95
George T. LeValley	1896-97
Joseph Wilson	1898-99, 1903
John Whetstone	1900-1901
Edward Conant	1902
Victor Howell	1904-05
Bruce Hemingway	1906-07
Thomas Force	1908-09
William B. Traver	1910-11
Sidney Riley	1912-13
Edward Morrison	1914-15
Clarence L. Clute	1916-17
Charles Stier	1918-19
Frank Whetstone	1920-21
Thomas Forrest	1922-23
Adrian Butler	1924-25
Delbert June	1926-27
Henry Hemingway	1928-29, 57-62
Olive Sammons	1930-31
Irving Metcalf	1932-35
Lee Burgess	1936-38
Lynn Folsom	1939-54
Jasper Johnson	1955-56
Leta Secord	1963-1988
Sandi Glesenkamp	1988-Present