Home › M › Marion (City and county-seat of Marion)

Marion (City and county-seat of Marion)

a city and county-seat of Marion co., O.; on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis, the Hocking Valley, the Erie, and the Pennsylvania railroads; 45 miles N. of Columbus. It contains a public library, Sawyer Sanitarium, St. Mary's School, waterworks, electric light and street railroad plants, normal school, and daily and weekly papers. It has manufactories of carriages, steam engines, dredges, pianos, mattresses, etc. Pop. (1910) 18,232; (1920) 27,891.