Marathon, Florida Marathon, Florida Marathon is a town/city on Knight's Key, Boot Key, Key Vaca, Fat Deer Key, Long Point Key, Crawl Key and Grassy Key islands in the middle of the Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida, United States.

Although the region has been settled for some time, Marathon is a mostly new city, incorporated in 1999.

The city's boundaries (according to both the town/city and a 2001 Rand Mc - Nally road map of the Keys) extend from the east end of the Seven Mile Bridge (Mile Marker 47) to the west end of Tom's Harbor Bridge (Mile Marker 61), excluding that portion of the region inside the town/city limits of Key Colony Beach.

Among the islands found inside the town/city limits are Boot Key, Knight's Key, Hog Key, Vaca Key, Stirrup Key, Crawl Key, Little Crawl Key, East and West Sister's Island, Deer Key, Fat Deer Key (excluding the portion in Key Colony Beach), Long Point Key, and Grassy Key.

The name Marathon dates back to the origin of the Florida East Coast Railroad.

The late noted Keys historian Dan Gallager in his book "Florida's Great Ocean Railway" credits New York playwright Wiiter Bynner for naming Marathon.

Parrott, then Florida East Coast Railway's President and General Manager, invited Brynner to the Keys to 'plot stations for the barns .' When asked to generate a name for the station at Key Vaca, Brynner proposed the name Marathon, inspired by the following passage from Byron: "The mountain peaks look on Marathon -- and Marathon looks on the sea." According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.6 square miles (25 km2), of which 8.6 square miles (22 km2) is territory and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) (10.37%) is water.

Boot Key Harbor is a natural body of water between Boot Key and Key Vaca, entirely inside the Marathon town/city limits. Like much of south Florida and the Florida Keys, Marathon has two seasons; A hot and wet season from May through October, and a warm and dry season from November though April.

As of 2010, City-Data states ethnic makeup of the town/city was White alone - 5,508 (66.4%), Hispanic - 2,224 (26.8%), Black alone - 357 (4.3%), Asian alone - 90 (1.1%), Two or more competitions - 89 (1.1%), American Indian alone - 25 (0.3%), Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 2 (0.02%), Other race alone - 2 (0.02%). Marathon Community United Methodist Church One of the last untouched tropical hardwood hammocks in the Keys is found at Crane Point Museum, just a several miles west of Florida Keys Marathon Airport.

Like the rest of the Keys in summer, gray kingbird are often seen on telephone wires along US 1 and black-whiskered vireo incessantly sing in the hammocks.

Marathon is the home of the Fisherman's Hospital in the west end of the city.

It is one of just three hospitals in the Florida Keys.

Marathon is home to another "hospital" The Turtle Hospital, one of a handful of facilities in the United States with the ability to rescue, rehabilitate, and release injured sea turtles.

Marathon offers many restaurants, including the prominent Overseas bar and Grill The Island Tiki Bar and Grill, Lazy Days South, Burdines, Keys Fisheries, Castaway, Dockside Tropical Cafe, The Sunset Grill, and The Stuffed Pig and Laurie's Deli.

Marathon has the tallest building in the Keys, Bonefish Tower at 143 feet (44 m) on Coco Plum.

Sombrero Country Club, the only nation club in the Keys, is positioned here.

Florida Keys Marathon Airport Florida Keys Keynoter Boot Key Harbor Knight's Key City of Marathon Charter City of Marathon - Boot Key Harbor City Marina "Marathon, Florida (Fla.

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