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Marion County
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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 )
- Area code
- 620 , 785
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- marioncoks.net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Francis Marion
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Marion
- Capital
- Marion
- Population
- 11823
- Area
- 2470
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- McPherson County
- Official website
- www.MarionCoKS.net
- Image
- MarionCoCH.JPG
- Households
- 4838
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- Commons category
- Marion County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Marion County, Kansas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Marion County, Kansas
- inception
- 1855-08-30
- different from
- Marion County
- water as percent of area
- 1
- native label
- Marion County
- per capita income
- 26282
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
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".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marion County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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