Marion
Sign in to saveAlso known as Marion, Alabama, Marion, AL
county seat of Perry County, Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Perry
- Named after
- Francis Marion
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Total
- 10.66 sq mi (27.61 km )
- Land
- 10.57 sq mi (27.37 km )
- Water
- 0.089 sq mi (0.23 km )
- Elevation
- 361 ft (110 m)
- Density
- 300.5/sq mi (116.02/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 01-46768
- Website
- www .cityofmarional .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Marion
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Perry County
- Population
- 3176
- Area
- 27.607755
- Elevation
- 114
- Capital of
- Perry County
- Official website
- marionalabama.org
- Image
- Old Marion City Hall.jpg
- Households
- 832
- Dialing code
- 334
Show 11 more facts
- Commons category
- Marion, Alabama
- postal code
- 36756
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Marion, Alabama
- topic's main category
- Category:Marion, Alabama
- different from
- Marion
- water as percent of area
- 0.8785
- P8168
- CBI
- water area
- 0.242543
- per capita income
- 11927
- mean age
- 36.1
- native label
- Marion
Sources (11)
via Wikidata · CC0
~13 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Marion is a city in and the county seat of Perry County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Marion had a population of 3,176. First known as Muckle Ridge, the city was renamed for a hero of the American Revolution, Francis Marion.
Two colleges, Judson College and Marion Military Institute, are located in Marion. This is noted in the city's welcome sign referring to Marion as "The College City".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.