Marion, Alabama
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Old Marion City Hall, built in 1832. It now houses the Alabama Military Hall of Honor.
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| Coordinates: 32°37′58″N 87°19′2″W / 32.63278°N 87.31722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Perry |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Mayor | Dexter Hinton (D) |
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| • Total | 10.7 sq mi (27.7 km2) |
| • Land | 10.6 sq mi (27.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 374 ft (114 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,686 |
| • Density | 328.1/sq mi (126.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 36756 |
| Area code(s) | 334 |
| FIPS code | 01-46768 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0160038 |
| Website | http://marionalabama.org/ |
Marion is a city in, and the county seat of, Perry County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 3,686, up 4.8% over 2000. First known as Muckle Ridge, the city was renamed after a hero of the American Revolution, Francis Marion.
Marion is the 152th most populous city in the state of Alabama, of 573 cities.
Formerly the territory of the Creek Indians, it was founded shortly after 1819 as Muckle Ridge. The city was renamed in honor of Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," hero of the American Revolutionary War, in 1822. It incorporated as a town the same year and also became the second county seat after the hamlet of Perry Ridge was unsuitable. In 1829, it upgraded from a town to a city. From the very early days, Marion created considerable history for a small town on the western frontier of Alabama. The old City Hall (1832) is but one of many antebellum public buildings, churches, and homes in the city today.
General Sam Houston, while between terms as 1st and 3rd President of the Republic of Texas, married Margaret Lea of Marion in the city in 1840.
At the 1844 meeting of the Alabama Baptist State Convention in Marion, the "Alabama Resolutions" were passed. This was one of the factors that led to the 1845 formation of the Southern Baptist Convention in Augusta, Georgia.
Judson College was founded in 1838 and Marion Military Institute after Howard College moved in 1887. Howard College, initially the location of the current Marion Military Institute, was founded in Marion in 1842, and moved to Birmingham in 1887, later becoming Samford University. A groundbreaking school for African Americans, the Lincoln Normal School, was founded here in 1867. The associated Lincoln Normal University for Teachers moved to Montgomery and became Alabama State University. In 1889, Marion Military Institute was chartered by the State of Alabama and today is the oldest military junior college in the nation.
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