Back مقاطعة ماريون (ميزوري) Arabic ماريون كاونتى ، ميزورى ARZ ماریون بؤلگهسی، میزوری AZB Marion County, Missouri BAR Мариън (окръг, Мисури) Bulgarian মারিওন কাউন্টি, মিসৌরি BPY Marion Gông (Missouri) CDO Мэрион (гуо, Миссури) CE Marion County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Missouri) CEB Marion County, Missouri Welsh
Marion County | |
|---|---|
 Marion County courthouse in Palmyra | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Missouri | |
 Missouri's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 39°49′N 91°37′W / 39.81°N 91.62°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Missouri |
| Founded | December 23, 1826 |
| Named for | Francis Marion |
| Seat | Palmyra |
| Largest city | Hannibal |
| Area | |
• Total | 444 sq mi (1,150 km2) |
| • Land | 437 sq mi (1,130 km2) |
| • Water | 7.4 sq mi (19 km2) 1.7% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 28,525  |
| • Density | 64/sq mi (25/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 6th |
| Website | http://marioncountymo.com/ |
Marion County is a county located in the northeastern portion of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,525.[1] Its county seat is Palmyra.[2] Unique from most third-class counties in the state, Marion has two county courthouses, the second located in Hannibal.[3] The county was organized on December 23, 1826[4][5] and named for General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," who was from South Carolina and served in the American Revolutionary War.[6] The area was known as the "Two Rivers Country" before organization. Marion County is part of the Hannibal, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Quincy-Hannibal, IL-MO Combined Statistical Area.
- ^ "Marion County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Marion County, Missouri". 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
- ^ "Marion County Collection Descriptions". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "A Short History of Marion County". MOGenWeb. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 193.