Marcellus (Town, New York)
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Location in New York
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| Foundation : | 1794 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Onondaga County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 49 ′ N , 76 ° 20 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 6,210 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 73.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 84.41 km 2 (approximately 33 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 312 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 13108 | ||
| Area code : | +1 315 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-45491 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0979196 | ||
| Website : | www.marcellusny.com | ||
 Tefft-Steadman House |
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Marcellus is a town in Onondaga County in the US -amerikanischen State New York .
geography
Syracuse is located in the east at a distance of around 18 kilometers . The Finger Lakes begin eight kilometers away in the southwest. The southern shore of Lake Ontario is about 50 kilometers to the north. The east-west connection road New York State Route 175 and the north-south connection New York State Route 174 meet in the city center.
history
The city was founded in 1794. The person responsible for naming the city council, who was an admirer of classical antiquity , then gave the place the name "Marcellus" based on the Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus . Other nearby places in Onondaga County were given names from Roman history for the same reason: Cicero , Camillus , Fabius , Lysander , Manlius and Pompey . The inhabitants of Marcellus were initially mainly employed in the timber industry. After the Syracuse and Auburn Railroad went into operation in 1836, the place also developed into a goods transshipment point. In 1839 a rock with a high natural gas content was discovered under the town of Marcellus during test drilling. This geologically significant formation, which extends widely under the entire Appalachian Mountains , was therefore called the Marcellus Formation . At the beginning of the 21st century, due to rising energy prices around the world, attempts were made to use these natural gas reserves in the region on a large scale with the help of the hydraulic fracturing process (fracking). Further studies regarding the environmental compatibility and economic efficiency of the process are being carried out.
National Register of Historic Places
The Tefft-Steadman House has been added to the National Register of Historic Places .
Demographics
In 2010 a population of 6210 people was determined. The main groups of immigrants during the early days of the city came from Ireland ( 23.2%) , Germany (16.8%), England ( 15.9%) , Italy ( 8.4%) and Poland ( 6.0%) .
sons and daughters of the town
- Nathan K. Hall (1810–1874), United States Secretary of Post
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action
- ^ Marcellus Historical Society ( Memento from January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ History http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyononda/MARCELLU/HISTORYB.HTM
- ↑ Marcellus shale http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/science/2008/03/11/Sci_shale.ART_ART_03-11-08_B4_A99I7HO.html
- ↑ Citymelt http://www.citymelt.com/city/New-York/Marcellus+Town-NY.html
