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Marion County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- December 14, 1827 ; 198 years ago ( 1827-12-14 )
- Named after
- Francis Marion
- Seat
- Buena Vista
- Largest city
- Buena Vista
- Total
- 367 sq mi (950 km )
- Land
- 366 sq mi (950 km )
- Water
- 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 7,676
- Density
- 20.5/sq mi (7.91/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .marioncountyga .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Francis Marion
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Buena Vista
- Population
- 7498
- Area
- 952
- Shares border with
- Sumter County
- Official website
- www.marioncountyga.org
- Image
- Marion County Courthouse (NRHP) Buena Vista, GA.JPG
- Households
- 3423
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- Commons category
- Marion County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Marion County, Georgia
- native label
- Marion County
- inception
- 1827-12-14
- different from
- Marion County
- per capita income
- 23617
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Marion County, Georgia
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Encyclopedic overview
Marion County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 7,498. The county seat is Buena Vista. The county was created on December 14, 1827. The county was named for General Francis Marion of South Carolina.
Marion County is included in the Columbus, GA-AL metropolitan statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marion County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.