Marathon City Wisconsin (WI), 54448
Marathon Creek	Ginseng Plant	Family Fun

Marathon City is a village in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population is 1,644est., and has a total area of 2.0 square miles, 2.0 square miles of it is land and 0.49% is water. The village is about 93.9 miles from Green Bay and 130.2 miles from Madison The village was incorporated from a part of the original area of the Town of Marathon.

What Makes Marathon City Unique?

• Ginseng - often called “sheng” in Marathon City, is a root with a curious resemblance to a human figure. It has been prized by American Indian and Chinese cultures for thousands of years for medicinal purposes. The popularity of ginseng is sliced, by the root, in capsules, or as tea continues into the 21st century. Ginseng is grown with slatted canopies, shading the plants like big trees in a forest. Seasonal chores involve covering the plants with the canopies in spring, weeding in summer, seeding from August to October, and seed and root harvesting in the fall.
• Ginseng Capital of the World - Today, 3,000 acres of artificially shaded, raised-bed gardens around Marathon City (pop. 1,644) produce 1 million pounds of ginseng root annually, or 90 percent of the nation’s total production.
• Marathon Cheese - has become one of the largest independent cheese packaging companies in the world.  Marathon Cheese has been in the cheese packaging business for over 54 years and has become a leader in the industry. The company was founded in 1952 by Ray and Marie Goldbach with the original production line set up in their basement.