Marion County
Also known as Marion County, Kansas, Marion County, KS
county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- August 30, 1855
- Named after
- Francis Marion
- Seat
- Marion
- Largest city
- Hillsboro
- Total
- 954 sq mi (2,470 km )
- Land
- 944 sq mi (2,440 km )
- Water
- 9.4 sq mi (24 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,634
- Density
- 12.5/sq mi (4.84/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Marion and its most populous city is Hillsboro. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 11,823. The county was named in honor of Francis Marion, a brigadier general of the American Revolutionary War, known as the "Swamp Fox".
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