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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Linn
- Mayor
- Nicolas AbouAssaly
- Total
- 17.81 sq mi (46.12 km )
- Land
- 17.80 sq mi (46.11 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 840 ft (260 m)
- Rank
- 14th in Iowa
- Density
- 2,333.2/sq mi (900.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 19-49485
- Website
- www .cityofmarion .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Francis Marion
- Official name
- Marion
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Linn County
- Population
- 41535
- Area
- 0.010851
- Elevation
- 259
- Official website
- www.cityofmarion.org
- Image
- Marion, IA city hall.jpg
- Households
- 15656
- Dialing code
- 319
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- Commons category
- Marion, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Marion, Iowa
- postal code
- 52302
- inception
- 1839-00-00
- different from
- Marion
- P8168
- Karin Enke
- water as percent of area
- 0.083
- per capita income
- 37077
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Encyclopedic overview
Marion is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States. The population was 26,294 at the 2000 census and was 41,535 in 2020, an increase of 58%. The city is located next to Cedar Rapids and part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. Marion was designated as the first Linn County seat before it was moved to the larger neighbor Cedar Rapids in 1919. Today, Marion is a primarily suburban community with a historic downtown center, and is one of the fastest-growing cities in Iowa.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.