Marion County, Kansas

Marion County
	Marion County, Kansas
	Map
	; Location in the state of Kansas
	; Kansas's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	August 30, 1855
Seat	Marion
Largest City	Hillsboro
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 954 sq mi (2,471 km²); 944 sq mi (2,445 km²); 9.4 sq mi (24 km²), 1.0
Population; - Density	; ;
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
	Named for: Francis Marion

Marion County (standard abbreviation: MN) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 11,823 people lived there.^[1] 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".^[2]

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).^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 954 square miles (2,470 km²). Of that, 944 square miles (2,440 km²) is land and 9.4 square miles (24 km²) (1.0%) is water.^[7]

Marion County is in the Great Plains. The eastern part of the county is part of the Flint Hills.^[8]^[9]

People

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1860	74	—
1870	768	937.8%
1880	12,453	1521.5%
1890	20,539	64.9%
1900	20,676	0.7%
1910	22,415	8.4%
1920	22,923	2.3%
1930	20,739	−9.5%
1940	18,951	−8.6%
1950	16,307	−14.0%
1960	15,143	−7.1%
1970	13,935	−8.0%
1980	13,522	−3.0%
1990	12,888	−4.7%
2000	13,361	3.7%
2010	12,660	−5.2%
U.S. Decennial Census^[10] 1790-1960^[11] 1900-1990^[12] 1990-2000^[13] 2010-2020^[1]

Age pyramid

Government

Presidential elections

Presidential Elections Results

**Presidential Elections Results**^[14]
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2020	73.1% 4,465	24.8% 1,516	2.1% 130
2016	70.6% 4,003	21.2% 1,204	8.2% 463
2012	71.9% 3,889	25.6% 1,385	2.5% 135
2008	68.6% 4,159	29.7% 1,801	1.6% 99
2004	73.3% 4,516	24.9% 1,536	1.7% 107
2000	70.4% 4,156	25.0% 1,475	4.6% 272
1996	65.3% 4,173	26.2% 1,673	8.5% 543
1992	49.5% 3,142	25.6% 1,627	24.9% 1,582
1988	63.0% 3,685	34.6% 2,024	2.4% 141
1984	72.1% 4,407	26.7% 1,632	1.3% 77
1980	64.4% 3,960	25.5% 1,569	10.1% 621
1976	50.7% 3,226	47.2% 3,004	2.0% 130
1972	72.2% 4,373	24.4% 1,478	3.4% 208
1968	70.4% 4,287	24.5% 1,494	5.1% 311
1964	54.9% 3,481	44.0% 2,792	1.1% 68
1960	73.2% 5,250	26.6% 1,904	0.3% 18
1956	76.0% 5,318	23.5% 1,644	0.5% 36
1952	80.2% 6,228	17.5% 1,361	2.3% 178
1948	64.9% 4,724	33.2% 2,421	1.9% 140
1944	72.6% 5,219	26.8% 1,925	0.6% 41
1940	67.4% 5,764	31.9% 2,724	0.7% 59
1936	49.7% 4,185	49.9% 4,207	0.4% 34
1932	41.7% 3,220	56.6% 4,366	1.7% 129
1928	73.5% 5,446	26.2% 1,938	0.4% 26
1924	56.4% 4,008	21.4% 1,520	22.2% 1,581
1920	65.8% 3,840	29.4% 1,713	4.8% 281
1916	52.1% 3,453	42.1% 2,790	5.7% 379
1912	20.0% 863	40.1% 1,732	39.9% 1,724
1908	57.5% 2,546	39.4% 1,747	3.1% 139
1904	71.2% 2,705	24.4% 928	4.4% 166
1900	59.7% 2,623	39.3% 1,729	1.0% 44
1896	56.6% 2,285	42.1% 1,699	1.3% 53
1892	55.5% 2,210		44.5% 1,749
1888	60.2% 2,375	32.5% 1,283	7.4% 290

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

2005 KDOT 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