Marion
Marion is a city in and the county seat of McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1844, the city was named in honor of Brigadier General Francis Marion, the American Revolutionary War Hero whose talent in guerrilla warfare earned him the name "Swamp Fox".
- Town with about 7,720 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,400 feet (430 metres)
- Description: city in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States
- Postal code: 28752
- Also known as“Marion, N.C.”“Marion, North Carolina”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Providence and Glenwood.
Providence
Hamlet
Providence is an unincorporated community in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States.
4 miles southwest of Marion
Marion
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Latitude
35.6841° or 35° 41′ 3″ north
Longitude
-82.0091° or 82° 0′ 33″ west
Open location code
867VMXMR+J9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Marion” goes by many names.
ماريونArabic
ماريون، كارولاينا الشماليهArabic
MarionBasque
MarionCebuano
Marion (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, North Carolina)Cebuano
МарионChechen
馬里昂Chinese
MarionDanish
MarionDutch
ماريونEgyptian Arabic
MarionEsperanto
ماريؤنGilaki
ΜάριονGreek
Marion, Kawolin dinòHaitian
מריון, צפון קרולינהHebrew
MarionHungarian
MarionIrish
MarionItalian
マリオンJapanese
MarionLadin
MarionMalagasy
Marion, North CarolinaMalagasy
MarionMin Nan Chinese
MarionNorwegian
MarionNorwegian Bokmål
مریانPersian
مریان، کارولینای شمالیPersian
MarionPolish
МарионRussian
Марион (Северная Каролина)Russian
МэрионRussian
МарионSerbian
MarionSerbo-Croatian
Marion, North CarolinaSerbo-Croatian
مریان، قوزئی کارولیناSouth Azerbaijani
MarionSwedish
Marion, North CarolinaSwedish
МарионTatar
Марион (Төньяк Каролина)Tatar
MarionTurkish
Marion, Kuzey KarolinaTurkish
МаріонUkrainian
ماریونUrdu
ماریون، شمالی کیرولائناUrdu
MarionUzbek
Marion, North CarolinaUzbek
МарионUzbek
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