Marcellus, New York
Marcellus is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 6,066. The town was probably named after Marcus Claudius Marcellus, a Roman general, by a clerk interested in the Classics.
For the village located within this town, see Marcellus (village), New York.
Marcellus
United States
32.59 sq mi (84.39 km2)
32.45 sq mi (84.03 km2)
0.14 sq mi (0.36 km2)
1,024 ft (312 m)
6,066
190/sq mi (72/km2)
36-067-45491
The Marcellus Formation is a vast geological layer of shale spanning Pennsylvania, West Virginia and parts of other states and Ontario, which is named for an outcropping in or near Marcellus.[3]
The Town of Marcellus contains a village also named Marcellus. The town and village are southwest of Syracuse.
Geography[edit]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 32.7 square miles (84.6 km2), of which 32.5 square miles (84.3 km2) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.3 km2) (0.40%) is water.
US Route 20 is an east–west highway through the southern part of the town.
New York State Route 175 is an east–west highway and intersects New York State Route 174 at Marcellus village.
Marcellus is at the eastern end of the Finger Lakes District and is at the northern end of Otisco Lake. High hills, deep valleys, lake and streams, make the town remarkably scenic. Nine Mile Creek is a noted trout stream where New York State provides several access areas. Marcellus Park, which was once an Onondaga County Park, was taken over by the Town of Marcellus in 1993. The village of Marcellus is one of 15 villages in Onondaga County. Baltimore Woods Nature Center [1] is nearby.
History[edit]
The territory was part of the lands of the Onondaga tribe. Marcellus was a named township in the former Central New York Military Tract. It was first settled by outsiders circa 1794.
The town was formed in 1794; the Town of Geddes was removed in 1798. The township of Camillus was taken off in 1799. Otisco was removed in 1806. In 1830, the western part of the town was used for the new Town of Skaneateles. Marcellus regained territory in 1840 from Spafford and Otisco.
The Tefft-Steadman House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[4]