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Marion County, Indiana
Marion County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Revolutionary War General Francis Marion Demographics:
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History
Marion County was created by an act of the Legislature on December 31, 1821, and began its formal existence April
1, 1822. It is named for Francis Marion, a Brigadier General from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary
War.
The state capitol was moved to Marion County in 1824 beginning a period of rapid growth in population
Marion County is divided into 9 Civil Townships as follows: Center, Decatur, Franklin, Lawrence, Perry, Pike,
Warren, Washington and Wayne.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 403 square miles (1,044 kmē), of which 396
square miles (1,026 kmē) is land and 7 square miles (18 kmē) (1.68%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Hamilton County
- East: Hancock County
- Southeast: Shelby County
- South: Johnson County
- Southwest: Morgan County
- West: Hendricks County
- Northwest: Boone County
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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Penn Foster High School
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