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Marion
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city in and the county seat of Grant County, Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- County
- Grant
- Townships
- Center , Franklin , Pleasant , Washington , Monroe , Mill , Liberty
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Ronald Douglas Morrell Jr. ( R )
- Total
- 15.76 sq mi (40.82 km )
- Land
- 15.68 sq mi (40.61 km )
- Water
- 0.081 sq mi (0.21 km ) 0.51%
- Elevation
- 814 ft (248 m)
- Density
- 1,805.5/sq mi (697.11/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 46952-46953
- Fips code
- 18-46908
- Website
- City of Marion website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Marion
- Population
- 28310
- Area
- 40.907764
- Elevation
- 247
- Official website
- www.cityofmarion.in.gov
- Image
- Marion-indiana-from-above.jpg
- Households
- 11251
- Dialing code
- 765
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- Commons category
- Marion, Indiana
- P8168
- Rasvozh
- postal code
- 46953
- water as percent of area
- 0.5301
- per capita income
- 20321
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Article
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.
The city is home to Indiana Wesleyan University, the largest evangelical Christian university in the Midwest and Indiana's largest private university, when online and regional campuses in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois are included. The traditional campus enrolls about 2,800 students. Marion is the birthplace of actor James Dean and cartoonist Jim Davis, and was the location of the wedding of actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett in 1993. Ronald Douglas Morrell Jr. is the city's first African American mayor and has been mayor since 2024.