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Marathon in Cortland County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Joseph Chaplin

 
 
Joseph Chaplin Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, November 2018
1. Joseph Chaplin Marker
Inscription. First settler in Virgil built home on this site 1794-95 Military tract, Lot 50
 
Erected 1976 by Town of Virgil.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1794.
 
Location. 42° 29.034′ N, 76° 4.027′ W. Marker is in Marathon, New York, in Cortland County. It is on U.S. 11, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marathon NY 13803, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and specifically in Central New York. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: East Virgil (approx. 1.2 miles away); Old Stone Mill (approx. 1.7 miles away); Tannery (approx. 3.2 miles
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away); First Baptist Church Bell (approx. 3.4 miles away); A.C. Baker & Son (approx. 3.4 miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); Flag Pole (approx. 3.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marathon.
 
Also see . . .  Joseph Chaplin. (Submitted on October 4, 2022, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York.)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 3, 2022, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 240 times since then and 25 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on October 3, 2022, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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