Marion, Indiana
Marion, Indiana City of Marion Location in the state of Indiana Location in the state of Indiana Marion is a town/city in Grant County, Indiana, United States.
The town/city is the governmental center of county of Grant County. It is titled for Francis Marion, a Brigadier General from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.
The town/city is the home of Indiana Wesleyan University, the biggest evangelical Christian college in the Midwest and biggest private college in Indiana if including online and county-wide campuses in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois.
Marion is positioned along the Mississinewa River.
According to the 2010 census, Marion has a total region of 15.794 square miles (40.91 km2), of which 15.71 square miles (40.69 km2) (or 99.47%) is territory and 0.084 square miles (0.22 km2) (or 0.53%) is water. There were 11,828 homeholds of which 27.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 35.2% were married couples living together, 17.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 43.0% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 36.2 years.
21.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 16.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.1% were from 25 to 44; 24.5% were from 45 to 64; and 16% were 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace is spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 12.5% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who are 65 years of age or older.
The Battle of the Mississinewa was fought in December 1812, just north of the current town/city of Marion, as an expeditionary force sent by William Henry Harrison against the Miami villages.
Today, the battle is reenacted every fall by inhabitants of Grant County and many reenactors and enthusiasts from throughout the United States and Canada amid the annual "Mississinewa 1812" festival, the biggest War of 1812 reenactment in the United States. Jay House, Marion Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District, Marion Downtown Commercial Historic District, Aaron Swayzee House, George, Jr.
When Martin Boots and David Branson each donated 30 acres (120,000 m2) of territory in 1831 for the site of Marion, they chose a locale on the left bank of the swift, scenic river which the Miami Indians had titled "Mississinewa," meaning "Falling water." With the formation of Grant County in 1831, Marion was established as the governmental center of county and its future was assured.
Along with at least 36 other communities in the U.S., Marion was titled for the Revolutionary War General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" of South Carolina.
VA hospital ground (left) south of Marion's downtown.
Marion interval slowly for more than 50 years as an agricultural trading center supported by a sprinkling of small farm- and forest-related industries.
In the 1880s, fields of natural gas were identified athwart much of east-central Indiana, and Grant County began to expanded at a dizzying pace.
On July 23, 1888, with increasing membership amongst the six National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS) National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Congress established the seventh of ten National Homes in Grant County, Indiana to be known as the Marion Branch .
Marion was chose as a site for the new branch due to the availability of natural gas and the political activities of Colonel George W.
The Marion Branch Historic District is positioned at the intersection of 38th Street and Lincoln Boulevard, approximately 2 miles southeast of the town/city center of Marion.
As a result, since 1981, various projects have been reviewed by the Indiana State Preservation Office for compliance under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended.
In 1992, the historic precinct was surveyed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources as a component of the Grant County inventory of historic sites and structures.
James Cameron went on to serve as the Indiana State Director of Civil Liberties from 1942 to 1950 and established three small-town chapters of the NAACP.
He served as the first president of the Madison County, Indiana chapter.
In 1993, James Cameron received an official apology and a full pardon from the state of Indiana. Cameron later said, "Since the state of Indiana forgave me, I forgive the state of Indiana." The event in Marion was notable as the last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States. Marion's prosperity plateaued between the end of the gas boom, just before to World War I, and 1955, when General Motors positioned a stamping and tool plant there.
Except for bedroom communities near urbane centers, Marion's expansion during the 1950s exceeded all but one Indiana town/city with populations of 10,000-100,000.
One of Marion's more notable architectural landmarks is the extensive Marion High School campus, which includes an impressive 1,468 seat improve auditorium.
This is where the Marion Philharmonic Orchestra, the Community School for the Arts, and the Mississinewa Valley Community Band furnish musical and dramatic entertainment for Marion's various arts patrons.
The eight-time state basketball champions, Marion Giants, play in the 7,500 seat Bill Green Athletic Arena.
A publicly owned mansion, the Hostess House, is used for civil functions, and Marion General Hospital has been nationally accredited for approximately a half-century.
Indiana Wesleyan University's Phillippe Performing Arts Center Indiana Wesleyan University Chapel With more than 15,000 students, Indiana Wesleyan University is the fastest-growing college in Indiana and presently the biggest private college in the state.
The university's chief campus in Marion is home to more than 3,200 undergraduates and nearly 1,000 postgraduates.
Indiana Wesleyan University's 345-acre (1.40 km2) Marion ground has won various architectural awards, and the college has spent nearly $250 million in the past 20 years on ground facilities.
The university's award-winning, 1,200 seat, Phillippe Performing Arts Center is used for various improve affairs throughout the year, such as Marion Philharmonic Orchestra concerts and the Grant County Spelling Bee.
Indiana Wesleyan's $22 million Chapel, which opened in January 2010, seats 3,800 and is one of the biggest auditoriums in the Midwest.
As one of the biggest facilities of its kind in the nation, it was designed to attract primary affairs to Marion, such as famous musical artists, famous speakers, and nationwide conventions.
The college is presently the biggest single employer in the town/city of Marion and contributes over $1 million annually towards the small-town economy.
The paper plate trade was born in Marion; in its infancy, five of the nation's nine plants were positioned in the city.
Thomson SA's Marion facility was shuttered in 2004, leaving the town/city in an economic slump.
On June 13, 2007, the Thomson building's northern portion was finished by a fire. Other Marion plant closures in the past several decades include those of Ball-Foster, SCM (later Ampad) Paper Company, and the Malleable Iron Works (both on the far west side along Miller Avenue).
Marion has been the only Midwest improve chose as one of the Top 100 Micro-Enterprises for Economic Development by Site Selection Magazine for the years 2007 and 2008.
Tri - Enda Plastics LLC selection of Marion in 2008 was one of the top 5 Manufacturing Projects in Indiana and received the coveted Silver Shovel award from Area Development Magazine.
In the last ten years over $1,113,000 has been invested by private zone employers in Marion (source small-town newspaper). is a small-town non-profit organization promoting the Christmas season in Marion and Grant County.
In 1970, Christmas City and the Chamber of Commerce joined forces to promote a new look for the city.
Postcards, bumper stickers, billboards were designed to establish the town/city as Christmas City U.S.A.
The name was even trademarked to preserve the city's identity. In 1991, Mayor Ron Mowery, Mark Erlewine, and a group of interested people decided to make Marion live up to its name.
By combining the Mississinewa Riverwalk the 2.25 mile walkway which is used year around for jogging, walking and more and holiday lights and lighted displays, the Christmas City Walkway of Lights was established in 1992.
The Marion Municipal Airport is positioned three nautical miles (4 mi, 6 km) southwest of Marion's central company district. National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Marion Branch "Abandoned Marion properties are experiencing different fates - Indiana Economic Digest".
County seats of Indiana Municipalities and communities of Grant County, Indiana, United States
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