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  1. Marion is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Indiana, United States, along the Mississinewa River. The population was 28,310 as of the 2020 census. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.

  2. Mar­i­on, Indi­ana is con­ve­nient­ly locat­ed in the east-cen­tral por­tion of the state, mid­way between Indi­anapo­lis and Fort Wayne along the I‑ 69 Corridor. Whether you’re a longtime resident, new to our city, or a visitor, you play a crucial role in what makes Marion exceptional.

    • Marion Public Library Museum. For some background on Marion and Grant County check out this museum in the historic Carnegie Library (1902). Built in the Beaux-Arts style, this building served as Marion’s public library in 1991, and opened as a museum within months of the library switching to a new building.
    • Matter Park. A public space that any city would be proud of, Matter Park is a short way down the Mississinewa River from downtown Marion. A product of Marion’s boom days, this park grew up at the turn of the century and even had a zoo that stayed open until the 1970s.
    • Grant County Courthouse. There has been a courthouse at this square in downtown Marion since 1933. The current building, completed in 1882, is the third courthouse and was initially crowned with a dome that was removed in 1960.
    • Mississinewa 1812. During the War of 1812, the Battle of the Mississinewa was fought on the riverbank, seven miles north of today’s Marion. This was an expedition ordered in December 1812 by William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) against Miami Indian villages, responding to attacks on Fort Harrison and Fort Wayne.
  3. In 2022, Marion, IN had a population of 27.5k people with a median age of 36 and a median household income of $42,366. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Marion, IN declined from 27,757 to 27,528, a −0.825% decrease and its median household income grew from $37,835 to $42,366, a 12% increase.

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  5. The city was found­ed in 1831 by Mar­tin Boots and David Bran­son who each donat­ed 30 acres of land to devel­op a city by the flow­ing Mis­sissinewa Riv­er, after near­ly 20 years of set­tle­ment fol­low­ing the bloody, vic­to­ri­ous his­toric Bat­tle of the Mis­sissinewa of 1812.

  6. Marion, city, seat (1831) of Grant county, north-central Indiana, U.S., on the Mississinewa River, 67 miles (108 km) northeast of Indianapolis. Settled in 1826, it was named for General Francis Marion of the American Revolutionary War.

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