Marion County, Illinois and Related Topics

Greater St. Louis

Bi-state metropolitan area that completely surrounds and includes the independent city of St. Louis, the principal city.

Brookings Hall, the administrative building for Washington University in St. Louis

Charles–Farmington, MO–IL combined statistical area''' (CSA) includes all of the aforementioned MSA, plus the Farmington, MO micropolitan statistical area, which includes St. Francois County, Missouri, and the Centralia, IL micropolitan statistical area, which includes Marion County, Illinois.

Fayette County between the time of its creation and 1823

Fayette County, Illinois

County located in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Fayette in 1831, when the creation of Effingham County reduced it to its current size

Marion County - south

Jefferson County between the time of its creation and 1821

Jefferson County, Illinois

County located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Illinois.

Jefferson County in 1823, reduced to its current size

Marion County - north

Wayne County between its 1819 creation and 1821

Wayne County, Illinois

County located in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Wayne County in 1824, reduced to its current size

Marion County (northwest)

Centralia, Illinois

Centralia is a city in Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Illinois with the largest portion in Marion County.

Salem, Illinois

Salem is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Illinois, United States.

Washington County from its 1818 creation to 1824

Washington County, Illinois

County located in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Washington County in 1824, reduced to its current borders by the creation of Clinton County

Marion County (northeast)

2000 census age pyramid for Clinton County

Clinton County, Illinois

Located in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Marion County - east

Clay County from the time of its creation to 1831

Clay County, Illinois

County in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Clay County was reduced to its current size in 1841 by the creation of Richland County.

The highest point on the terrain (646 feet/197 meters ASL) is a small point along the western border with Marion County.

Francis Marion

Francis Marion (c.

General Marion Inviting a British Officer to Share His Meal by John Blake White; his slave Oscar Marion kneels at the left of the group.

The Francis Marion Park is located in front of the Harborwalk in Georgetown, South Carolina.

Historic marker at the burial site of Marion

Informative sign at the burial site of Marion

Marion County, Indiana (of which the city of Indianapolis is a part), is named for the general, as are Marion Counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia, and more than 30 townships in nine states.