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Marion is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 1,922. [ 4 ] The city was named in honor of Francis Marion , a brigadier general of the American Revolutionary War , known as the "Swamp Fox".
KCC was founded in 1924 by representatives of 40 local chambers of commerce, who met in Hutchinson, Kansas. The founders focused on improving the state's highways. Its initial name was the Kansas Association of Chambers of Commerce. [1] In 1925, it was renamed the Kansas Chamber of Commerce. The group adopted a new constitution, and expanded to ...
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The world's oldest English-speaking chamber of commerce and oldest chamber of commerce in North America is the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1750. [7] [8] The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1783. [9]
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1855, Marion County was established within the Kansas Territory, which included the land for modern day Durham. [7] In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a main line from Herington through Durham to Pratt. [8]
Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat is Marion and its most populous city is Hillsboro.As of the 2020 census, the county population was 11,823. [1]
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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Kansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.