Marion
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city in and the county seat of Marion County, Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Marion
- Township
- Centre
- Platted
- 1866, 1871, 1873
- Named after
- Francis Marion
- Type
- Mayor–Council
- Mayor
- Michael Powers
- Total
- 2.69 sq mi (6.98 km )
- Land
- 2.69 sq mi (6.96 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km )
- Elevation
- 1,342 ft (409 m)
- Density
- 715/sq mi (276/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 20-44750
- Website
- marionks.net
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Marion is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,922. The city was named in honor of Francis Marion, a brigadier general of the American Revolutionary War, known as the "Swamp Fox".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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