Marion County, Kansas

**Marion County** (standard abbreviation: **MN**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 11,823 people lived there. The county seat is Marion. The county was named after Francis Marion, a Brigadier General of the American Revolutionary War, known as the "Swamp Fox".

### 21st century

In 2010, the Keystone-Cushing Pipeline (Phase II) was built north to south through Marion County. There was a lot of controversy over road damage, tax exemption, and environmental concerns (if a leak ever occurs).

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (1.0%) is water.

Marion County is in the Great Plains. The eastern part of the county is part of the Flint Hills.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.1%** _4,465_|style="text-align:center;"|24.8% _1,516_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _130_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.6%** _4,003_|style="text-align:center;"|21.2% _1,204_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.2% _463_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.9%** _3,889_|style="text-align:center;"|25.6% _1,385_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% _135_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.6%** _4,159_|style="text-align:center;"|29.7% _1,801_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _99_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.3%** _4,516_|style="text-align:center;"|24.9% _1,536_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _107_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.4%** _4,156_|style="text-align:center;"|25.0% _1,475_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.6% _272_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.3%** _4,173_|style="text-align:center;"|26.2% _1,673_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.5% _543_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.5%** _3,142_|style="text-align:center;"|25.6% _1,627_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|24.9% _1,582_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.0%** _3,685_|style="text-align:center;"|34.6% _2,024_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% _141_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.1%** _4,407_|style="text-align:center;"|26.7% _1,632_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _77_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.4%** _3,960_|style="text-align:center;"|25.5% _1,569_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.1% _621_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.7%** _3,226_|style="text-align:center;"|47.2% _3,004_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _130_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.2%** _4,373_|style="text-align:center;"|24.4% _1,478_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.4% _208_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.4%** _4,287_|style="text-align:center;"|24.5% _1,494_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.1% _311_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.9%** _3,481_|style="text-align:center;"|44.0% _2,792_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _68_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.2%** _5,250_|style="text-align:center;"|26.6% _1,904_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _18_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.0%** _5,318_|style="text-align:center;"|23.5% _1,644_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _36_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**80.2%** _6,228_|style="text-align:center;"|17.5% _1,361_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.3% _178_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.9%** _4,724_|style="text-align:center;"|33.2% _2,421_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _140_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.6%** _5,219_|style="text-align:center;"|26.8% _1,925_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _41_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.4%** _5,764_|style="text-align:center;"|31.9% _2,724_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _59_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|49.7% _4,185_|style="text-align:center;"|**49.9%** _4,207_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _34_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|41.7% _3,220_|style="text-align:center;"|**56.6%** _4,366_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _129_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.5%** _5,446_|style="text-align:center;"|26.2% _1,938_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _26_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.4%** _4,008_|style="text-align:center;"|21.4% _1,520_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|22.2% _1,581_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.8%** _3,840_|style="text-align:center;"|29.4% _1,713_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.8% _281_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.1%** _3,453_|style="text-align:center;"|42.1% _2,790_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.7% _379_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|20.0% _863_|style="text-align:center;"|**40.1%** _1,732_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|39.9% _1,724_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.5%** _2,546_|style="text-align:center;"|39.4% _1,747_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% _139_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.2%** _2,705_|style="text-align:center;"|24.4% _928_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.4% _166_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.7%** _2,623_|style="text-align:center;"|39.3% _1,729_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _44_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.6%** _2,285_|style="text-align:center;"|42.1% _1,699_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _53_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.5%** _2,210_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|44.5% _1,749_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.2%** _2,375_|style="text-align:center;"|32.5% _1,283_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.4% _290_|

### Unified school districts

- Centre USD 397
    - Students in Lincolnville, Lost Springs, Pilsen, Tampa, Ramona, Antelope, rural areas
    - Centre High School, in rural area between Lincolnville and Lost Springs
- Peabody-Burns USD 398
    - Students in Peabody, Burns, Wonsevu, rural areas
    - Peabody-Burns Junior/Senior High School, in Peabody
- Marion USD 408
    - Students in Marion, Florence, Eastshore, Canada, Aulne, Marion County Lake, rural areas
    - Marion High School, in Marion
- Hillsboro USD 410
    - Students in Hillsboro, Lehigh, Durham, rural areas
    - Hillsboro High School, in Hillsboro
- Goessel USD 411
    - Students in Goessel, rural areas
    - Goessel High School, in Goessel

### Colleges

- Tabor College, in Hillsboro
- Butler Community College  (remote campus), in Marion

### Cities

- Burns (previously known as St. Francis)
- Durham (previously known as Durham Park)
- Florence
- Goessel (previously known as Gnadenfeld)
- Hillsboro (previously known as Hill City)
- Lehigh
- Lincolnville
- Lost Springs
- Marion (previously known as Marion Centre)
- Peabody (previously known as Coneburg)
- Ramona
- Tampa

## More reading

- County
- _Our Nation Called : Marion County Answered - Honoring Our Marion County Kansas Veterans_; Hillsboro Free Press; 192 pages; 2012.
- _The Days of June : Recollections of a Country Sheriff_; Tracy Mayes; Leathers Pub; 72 pages; 1999; .
- _Touring Marion County : pioneers, lakes, & the mighty Santa Fe_; Robert Collins; 1993.
- _Marion County Kansas : Past and Present_; Sondra Van Meter; MB Publishing House; 344 pages; 1972; LCCN 72-92041.
- _Atlas of Marion County, Kansas: containing maps, plats of the townships, alphabetical rural directory, histories of churches, etc., families, farms, churches and pictures of general interest_; Tri-Tabula Co; 1971.
- _The Early Schools of Marion County Kansas_; Wilma Stewart Stallwitz; Located at Peabody Township Library; 33 pages; 1960.
- _Picture Story of the Flood Waters in Marion and Vicinity_; July 1951. This book contains pictures from Marion, Florence, and Peabody.
- _The Scully Land System in Marion County, Kansas_; Homer Socolofsky; Kansas State University; 110 pages; 1944/1947.
- _World War Roll of Honor : Marion County Kansas 1917-1920_; Alexander and Dean; 221 pages; 1920.
- _Marion County, Kansas_; Alex E. Case; 1894.
- _Portrait and Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson, and Marion Counties, Kansas_; Chapman Bros; 614 pages; 1893.
- _Hand-book of Marion County, Kansas_; C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 40 pages; 1888.
- _All About Marion County, Kansas_; E.W. Hoch; Marion County Record; 1876.
- _Plat Book of Marion County, Kansas_; W.W. Hixson & Co; 1928.
- _Standard Atlas of Marion County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 99 pages; 1921.
- _Standard Atlas of Marion County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 103 pages; 1902.
- _Atlas of Marion County, Kansas_; Davy Map and Atlas Co; 87 pages; 1885.

- Trails
- _Marion County Auto Tour of the Santa Fe Trail_ ; Cottonwood Crossing Chapter of Santa Fe Trail Association.; 2 pages; 2011.
- _The Story of the Marking of the Santa Fe Trail by the Daughters of the American Revolution in Kansas and the State of Kansas_; Almira Cordry; Crane Co; 164 pages; 1915.
- _The National Old Trails Road To Southern California, Part 1 (LA to KC)_; Automobile Club Of Southern California; 64 pages; 1916.

- Mennonite Settlements and Churches
- _The Varieties of Kansas German Dialects after 150 Years of German Group Settlement in Kansas_ , William D. Kell, 2006.
- _The Ebenfeld Church in Action, 1876-1976_.
- 1874 _Mennonite Immigration Centennial_; Mennonite Life; Mid-Year 1974.
- _The Disciples of Menno Simonis: Their Settlement in Central Kansas_; Frank Leslie's Illustrated; Mennonite Life; September 1999.
- _Alexanderwohl Villages in Kansas, 1874 (map)_ ; P.U. Schmidt; Mennonite Life; October 1949.
- _The Alexanderwohl Church Building_; Alvin Gooseen; Mennonite Life; December 1974.
- _Impact of Mennonite settlement on the cultural landscape of Kansas_; Brenda Martin; Kansas State University; 1985/1988.
- _Mennonite settlement : the relationship between the physical and cultural environment_; Susan Movle; University of Utah; 1975/1886.
- _Status of Mennonite women in Kansas in their church and home relationships_; Eva Harshbarger; Bluffton College; 1925/1945.
- _The Disciples of Menno Simonis: Their Settlement in Central Kansas_; Frank Leslie's Illustrirte Zeitung; March 20, 1875. (German version of English article)
- _The Disciples of Menno Simonis: Their Settlement in Central Kansas_; Frank Leslie's Illustrated; March 20, 1875. (English)

## Other websites

- County
- Marion County - Directory of Public Officials
- Marion County - Economic Development Council
- News
- Marion County Record - official newspaper
- Counties join effort to help revitalize rural Kansas in 2011, KSN at archive.org
- Historical
- Marion County cemetery list, archive of KsGenWeb
- Marion County history bibliography, Kansas Historical Society
- Marion County school bibliography, Kansas Historical Society
- Marion County court records on microfilm , Kansas Historical Society
- History of Early Marion County Newspapers, 1916
- Detailed map of Santa Fe Trail, Pioneer trails
- Maps
- Marion County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Highway Maps: Current , Historic , 1918, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society
- Kansas Railroad Maps: Current , 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

## Infobox (u.s. county)

- **county**: Marion County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: MarionCoCH.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Marion County Courthouse (Kansas), Marion County Courthouse (2009)
- **founded**: August 30, 1855
- **named for**: Francis Marion
- **seat wl**: Marion
- **largest city wl**: Hillsboro
- **area total sq mi**: 954
- **area land sq mi**: 944
- **area water sq mi**: 9.4
- **area percentage**: 1.0
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 11823
- **population density sq mi**: 12.5
- **area codes**: Area code 620, 620, Area code 785, 785
- **district**: 2nd
- **time zone**: Central