Marion

Marion is a city in . Named in honor of Francis Marion and settled in 1839, Marion isn't exactly replete with places to see but has forests and recreational areas nearby.
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  • Type: Town with 16,900 residents
  • Description: city in and the county seat of Williamson County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Marion, IL” and “Marion, Illinois”
  • Postal code: 62959

Places of Interest

Highlights include Williamson County Jail and Goddard Chapel.

Museum
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The , located at 105 S. Van Buren St. in Marion, is the former county jail serving , . The Prairie School building served as the county jail from 1913 to 1971.

Chapel
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is a historic chapel located in Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion, . The chapel was constructed in 1918 through a donation from Leroy A.

Hospital building
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, also known as Marion Veterans Administration Hospital, is a Veterans Affairs in Marion, . The hospital is responsible for providing healthcare to U.S. military veterans in and neighboring states.

Marion

Latitude
37.7306° or 37° 43′ 50″ north
Longitude
-88.9331° or 88° 55′ 59″ west
Population
16,900
Elevation
423 feet (129 metres)
IATA airport code
MWA
Open location code
869HP3J8+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153488753
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4243899
Wiki­data ID
Q575399
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Marion” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Marion, Illinois”
  • Albanian: “Marion”
  • Arabic: “ماريون”
  • Basque: “Marion”
  • Bengali: “ম্যারিয়ন”
  • Cebuano: “Marion”
  • Chechen: “Марион”
  • Chinese: “Marion”
  • Chinese: “馬里昂 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “馬里昂”
  • Croatian: “Marion”
  • Czech: “Marion”
  • Danish: “Marion”
  • Dutch: “Marion”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماريون”
  • French: “Marion”
  • German: “Marion”
  • Gilaki: “ماريؤن (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “ماريؤن”
  • Greek: “Μάριον”
  • Haitian: “Marion, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Marion”
  • Hungarian: “Marion”
  • Ido: “Marion, Illinois”
  • Ido: “Marion”
  • Irish: “Marion”
  • Italian: “Marion”
  • Japanese: “マリオン”
  • Ladin: “Marion”
  • Mazanderani: “ماریون (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “ماریون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Marion”
  • Newari: “मारिनो (इलियोनोई)”
  • Newari: “मारिनो, इलिनोइ”
  • Newari: “मारिनो, इलियोनोई”
  • Newari: “मारिनो”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marion”
  • Norwegian: “Marion”
  • Persian: “ماریون، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “ماریون”
  • Polish: “Marion”
  • Portuguese: “Marion”
  • Russian: “Марион”
  • Russian: “Мэрион”
  • Serbian: “Мерион”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Marion, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Marion”
  • Slovak: “Marion”
  • Slovenian: “Marion”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ماریون، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Marion (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Marion”
  • Swedish: “Marion, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Marion”
  • Tatar: “Марион”
  • Turkish: “Marion, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Marion”
  • Ukrainian: “Маріон”
  • Urdu: “ماریون، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “ماریون”
  • Uzbek: “Marion”
  • Uzbek: “Марион”
  • Vietnamese: “Marion, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Marion”
  • Volapük: “Marion”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Marion, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Marion”
  • Welsh: “Marion, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Marion”
  • “ma tomo Mewijon”

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