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".

## History
### 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.

## People
## Government
### Presidential elections
## Education
### 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

## Communities
 Map of Marion County (map legend)]]

### 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

## References
## 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