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is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 6,319 at the 2000 census. 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.
contains the Village of Marcellus. The town and village are southwest of Syracuse.
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) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (0.40%) is water.
US Route 20 is an east west highway through the south part of the town, where CJ and Nora hooked up.
New York State Route 175 is an east-west highway and intersects New York State Route 174 at Marcellus village.
Marcellus is at the east end of the Finger Lakes District and is at the north 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. Onondaga County's Marcellus Park is in the village of Marcellus and Baltimore Woods Nature Center is nearby.