Central New York
Marathon, New York
Marathon is a town in Cortland County, in New York's Central New York region, home to about 2,000 people as of the 2020 census.
Whether you're moving in or you've been here for years, the checks that matter most are the school district, the assessment and STAR, and — outside the cities — the well, the septic, and the flood map.
- Type
- Town
- County
- Cortland
- Region
- Central New York
- Population (2020)
- 2,038
Local Almanac
Notes in and around Marathon
Short, sourced notes tied to this place, its county, or nearby communities.
This place · History & Culture
Marathon's Early Story Comes Up the Tioughnioga River
Marathon's official history begins with a family traveling by canoe up the Tioughnioga River in 1794.
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Nanticoke keeps old mill names in a small Broome town
Nanticoke's local story runs through 1793 settlement, an 1831 town formation, flour and lumber mills, Glen Aubrey, and Lambs Corners.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Whitney Point Is Broome’s Flood-Control Lake Town
Whitney Point’s lake pairs recreation with a federal flood-control landscape on the Otselic River.
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Triangle and Whitney Point Sit Where Flood Control Became Civic Geography
The Whitney Point area has local identity tied to flood-control infrastructure, recreation, and river-valley geography.
Read this note ->Nearby · Cars & Driving
Broome Mobile DMV Offices Are Walk-In Friendly, But Not Full-Service
Broome County says mobile DMV offices take walk-ins and cannot process Real ID, Enhanced licenses, reciprocity, permits, or enforcement work.
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Cincinnatus Keeps the Otselic River in the Center of the Story
Cincinnatus’s town homepage makes the Otselic River, school, town hall, meetings, permits, and budget materials part of one civic story.
Read this note ->Nearby · Money & Taxes
Cincinnatus Notices Are Worth Checking Before an Assessment Errand
Cincinnatus posts assessment, clerk-office, water-report, meeting, permit, and budget pointers directly on its town homepage.
Read this note ->Nearby · The Outdoors
Beaver Dam State Forest Bridges Richford and Lisle
Beaver Dam State Forest links Tioga and Broome counties with a small-brook woods, snowmobile trails, and a 1.5-mile public forest access road.
Read this note ->Cortland County · Home & Property
Cortlandville Permits Start With the Building Code Office
Cortlandville owners should check the Building Code Department before residential, commercial, solar, accessory, or highway-adjacent work moves forward.
Read this note ->Property tax snapshot
Roughly $24–$26 per $1,000
Combined full-value rate — county + town/city + school district, per $1,000 of market value (FY2025). On a $300,000 home that's about $7,341–$7,938 a year before the STAR break.
A planning estimate, not a bill. Your exact rate depends on your school district and any village. Confirm with the assessor.
Statewide links
Statewide starting points.
Good to know
- • Your assessed value usually isn't your market value — ask for the equalization rate.
- • Register for STAR; new applicants generally receive a credit instead of an automatic exemption on the bill.
- • Outside the cities, check the well, the septic, and the FEMA flood map before you buy.
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Tax rates: NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance (ORPTS), Real Property Tax Rates and Levy Data by Municipality, data.ny.gov dataset iq85-sdzs. (FY2025). Population: U.S. Census 2020. Reviewed June 2026. Source data ->
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