page_title: Marysville, Ohio
section_title: County seat designation
hierarchical_section_title: Marysville, Ohio / History / County seat designation
caption_attribution_description: English: Union County Courthouse, Marysville, Ohio, United States
context_page_description: Marysville is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Ohio, United States approximately 27 mi NW of Columbus. The population was 22,094 at the 2010 census. This marks a 38.59% increase from 2000.
  Marysville's longtime slogan is "Where the Grass is Greener".
  In December 2008, Marysville was designated as a "Preserve America Community" by the First Lady Laura Bush.
context_section_description: After the organization of the county by the Ohio Legislature, Marysville was designated as the seat of Union County. The first recorded meeting of the commissioners was in 1820. Between 1835 and 1840, a courthouse was constructed. Eventually, a new dedicated courthouse would be built in Marysville on January 27, 1883, which is also presently in use.
  In 1849, a county infirmary was authorized. The first county jail was a log structure that sat on the south side of East Center street, in the rear of the courthouse. Eventually a new jail was authorized by the commissioners and built in the 1870s. In 1878 the county purchased a 10-ton safe for the treasury, that eventually was moved into courthouse.
  The first county fair was held in 1847 in Marysville, in the public square. In 1852, the Agriculture Society moved the fair to the current location, on the north side of town.
caption: Union County Courthouse, Uptown
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