Marathon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brewster County, Texas, United States. The population was 470 in 2007, after growing from 455 in 2000, but had decreased to 430 by 2010.
Sign of Marathon
Fort Peña Colorado. The post park is five miles south of Marathon
Post office
Image: The Gage Hotel
Brewster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in West Texas and its county seat is Alpine. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region, and borders Mexico. Brewster County is the largest county by area in the state - at 6,192 square miles (16,040 km2) it is over three times the size of the state of Delaware, and more than 500 square miles (1,300 km2) bigger than Connecticut.
The Brewster County Courthouse in Alpine
Chihuahuan Desert landscape in Brewster County
Sunset in Big Bend National Park