North Carolina
McDowell
Marion Township

Marion

Marion is a city in and the county seat of , 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".
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  • Type: Town with 5,060 residents
  • Description: city in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Marion, N.C.”, “Marion, NC”, and “Marion, North Carolina”
  • Postal code: 28752

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Providence and Glenwood.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is 4 miles southwest of Marion. is situated 4 miles southwest of Marion.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 501. is situated 5 miles south of Marion.

Marion

Latitude
35.6841° or 35° 41′ 3″ north
Longitude
-82.0091° or 82° 0′ 33″ west
Population
5,060
Elevation
1,404 feet (428 metres)
Open location code
867VMXMR+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154329761
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4478003
Wiki­data ID
Q2028875
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Marion” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماريون، كارولاينا الشماليه”
  • Arabic: “ماريون”
  • Basque: “Marion”
  • Cebuano: “Marion (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, North Carolina)”
  • Cebuano: “Marion”
  • Chechen: “Марион”
  • Chinese: “Marion”
  • Chinese: “馬里昂”
  • Danish: “Marion”
  • Dutch: “Marion”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماريون”
  • Esperanto: “Marion”
  • French: “Marion”
  • German: “Marion”
  • Gilaki: “ماريؤن”
  • Greek: “Μάριον”
  • Haitian: “Marion, Kawolin dinò”
  • Hebrew: “מריון, צפון קרולינה”
  • Hungarian: “Marion”
  • Irish: “Marion”
  • Italian: “Marion”
  • Japanese: “マリオン”
  • Ladin: “Marion”
  • Malagasy: “Marion, North Carolina”
  • Malagasy: “Marion”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Marion”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marion”
  • Norwegian: “Marion”
  • Persian: “مریان، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “مریان”
  • Polish: “Marion”
  • Portuguese: “Marion”
  • Russian: “Марион (Северная Каролина)”
  • Russian: “Марион”
  • Russian: “Мэрион”
  • Serbian: “Марион”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Marion, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Marion”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مریان، قوزئی کارولینا”
  • Spanish: “Marion (Carolina del Norte)”
  • Spanish: “Marion”
  • Swedish: “Marion, North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Marion”
  • Tatar: “Марион (Төньяк Каролина)”
  • Tatar: “Марион”
  • Turkish: “Marion, Kuzey Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Marion”
  • Ukrainian: “Маріон”
  • Urdu: “ماریون، شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Urdu: “ماریون”
  • Uzbek: “Marion, North Carolina”
  • Uzbek: “Marion”
  • Uzbek: “Марион”
  • “Marion”

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Highlights include Foothills Community Theatre and McDowell County Courthouse.

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