Marion, Connecticut
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Marion Historic District
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Lester Beecher House (1166 Marion)
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| Location | Along Marion Ave. and the Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, Cheshire (New Haven County) and Southington (Hartford County), Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°33′50″N 72°55′29″W / 41.56389°N 72.92472°WCoordinates: 41°33′50″N 72°55′29″W / 41.56389°N 72.92472°W |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate, Federal |
| NRHP Reference # | 88001423 |
| Added to NRHP | December 21, 1988 |
Marion is a neighborhood in the town of Southington in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is generally the area in the vicinity of the intersection of Route 322 and Marion Avenue just north of the Cheshire town line.
The neighborhood includes the Marion Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
There is a post office in Marion, assigned the ZIP code 06444. When the post office was established in the 19th century, it was given the name "Marion" in reference to Marion, Alabama, where some children of prominent local residents had settled. The Marion ZIP code refers only to post office box addresses. Regular mail in the Marion neighborhood is addressed as Plantsville, Connecticut (06479).
Marion was first settled as a farming community in the 18th century, beginning in 1739 when land in the Marion area was surveyed and divided. Southington was then part of the town of Farmington. The area now known as Marion was called "Little Plain" and extended south from the bluff now named French Hill to the Cheshire town line, which was south of its current position. Little Plain's location near the foot of a high ridge made its soil desirable for agriculture. The community's 18th-century farms were located along a north-south road from Bristol to New Haven (now Marion Avenue) that passed through the area.
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