Marcellus | |
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Town of Marcellus | |
Coordinates: 42°58′56″N 076°20′24″W / 42.98222°N 76.34000°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
County | Onondaga |
Government | |
• Town Supervisor | Laurie Stevens (R) [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 32.59 sq mi (84.39 km2) |
• Land | 32.45 sq mi (84.03 km2) |
• Water | 0.14 sq mi (0.36 km2) |
Elevation | 1,024 ft (312 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 6,066 |
• Density | 190/sq mi (72/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
FIPS code | 36-067-45491 |
FIPS code | 36-45491 |
GNIS feature ID | 979196 |
Website | Town website |
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.
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.