Marion County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- February 13, 1818
- Named after
- Francis Marion
- Seat
- Hamilton
- Largest city
- Hamilton
- Total
- 744 sq mi (1,930 km )
- Land
- 742 sq mi (1,920 km )
- Water
- 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 29,097
- Density
- 39.5/sq mi (15.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- marioncountyalabama .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Marion County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 29,341. The county seat is Hamilton. The county was created by an act of the Alabama Territorial General Assembly on February 13, 1818. The county seat was originally established in Pikeville in 1820, and moved to Hamilton in 1881. The county was named by planter and US Indian agent John Dabney Terrell, Sr., in recognition of General Francis Marion of South Carolina.
Marion County is located in the northwestern part of the state, bounded on the west by the state of Mississippi. It encompasses 743 square miles (1,920 km). The county is a prohibition or dry county, however, the sale of alcohol is permitted within the cities of Guin, Hamilton, and Winfield.