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Marion County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- January 14, 1842
- Named after
- Francis Marion
- Seat
- Fairmont
- Largest city
- Fairmont
- Total
- 312 sq mi (810 km )
- Land
- 309 sq mi (800 km )
- Water
- 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 55,584
- Density
- 182/sq mi (70.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- marioncountywv .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Francis Marion
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Fairmont
- Population
- 56205
- Area
- 807
- Shares border with
- Wetzel County
- Official website
- www.marioncountywv.com
- Image
- Marion County Courthouse Fairmont.jpg
- Households
- 23033
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- different from
- Marion County
- Commons category
- Marion County, West Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Marion County, West Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Marion County
- inception
- 1842-01-14
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Marion County, West Virginia
- per capita income
- 27763
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Encyclopedic overview
Marion County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 56,205 and its county seat is Fairmont. The county was named in honor of General Francis Marion (ca. 1732–1795), known to history as "The Swamp Fox". Marion County comprises the Fairmont, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Morgantown–Fairmont, WV Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marion County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.