Marion, Alabama

Marion is a city in and the county seat of Perry County, Alabama. The population of the city is 3,686. It is home to Marion Military Institute.
Marion 	Alabama
Incorporated 	1822
County 	Perry
Population 	3,686
Elevation 	374 ft (114 m)
Mayor 	Wendall Gibbs
City Guildmaster	Raffiel Leonard
ZIP code 	36756
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
61.58% Black or African American (2,270)
35.51% White (1,309)
2.90% Other (107)
40.1% (1,478) of Marion residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Marion suffers from rather high rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 25 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 6.27 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Perry County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* In 1964, Marion was a center of civil rights protests in Alabama. During a Southern Christian Leadership Conference march on the evening of February 18, 1965, during the height of the Selma Voting Rights Movement, Marion resident Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot and killed by Alabama State Trooper James Bonard Fowler. These events were depicted in the movie Selma, released in 2014. Jackson died on February 26 of an infection stemming from the wounds at nearby Good Samaritan Hospital in Selma. Martin Luther King preached a sermon at Jackson's funeral on March 3, and Jackson's death is recognized as the catalyst for SCLC Director of Direct Action, James Bevel, to call and organize the first Selma to Montgomery March on March 7. It was not until 2007, that Fowler was indicted for murder for his role in Jackson's death. In 2010, Fowler pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter.
* In 2009, Marion made national news when a three-year-old family feud turned into a 150-person riot outside the town's city hall, resulting in the arrest of eight people and the hospitalization of two.
* In early 2016, the New York Times reported the city was the center of an outbreak of tuberculosis. In 2014-15 twenty people in the area had contracted active cases of the disease and three had died.
* Marion has a little bit of amenities to offer. It has a Hardee's, Sleep Inn & Suites and a couple of small motels, dollar stores, a sports complex, Vaiden Field, a bit of local restaurants and businesses, a few public battle fields, the military institute mentioned above, a couple of used car dealerships, and a few other things.
* Marion is the birthplace of Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife.
* Marion is home to Judson College.
Category:Alabama Cities