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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".
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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]
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 ...
The Marion County Record, a small-town newspaper that fell into the national spotlight when its offices were raided by police in August, has won a press award recognizing excellence in journalism.
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]
Marion County Record papers for sale in the newspaper’s office beside a collection of Kansas Press Association awards on Aug. 11, 2023, the day the office was raided by local law enforcement.
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