Marion County, Ohio

Founding: 1824 (declared in 1820)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Francis Marion, Continental Army officer
Seat: Marion (1824–)

Land area: 404 square miles

Population (2020): 65,359

Population (historic): 6,551 (1830); 15,490 (1860); 20,565 (1880); 28,678 (1900); 45,420 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1820–1840; 1850s; 1870–1920; 1940–1960

Subdivisions: One city; seven villages; 15 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,976 (32.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 65.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,936
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,591

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,997
Average farm size (1920): 108.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Germany, New York, Virginia, Ireland, and England
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Marion

Namesake: Francis Marion, Continental Army officer

Founding: 1822 (platting); 1821 (post office); 1830 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 35,999

Population (historic): 287 (1830); 1,844 (1860); 3,899 (1880); 11,862 (1900); 31,084 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1830–1930; 1940–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,830 (38.6%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Wilson Imbody House (c. 1880). 1480 Mount Olive–Agosta Road. Bowling Green. Italianate.
2. Farm (1909). 2454 Richwood–LaRue Road. Bowling Green. Eclectic.
3. Obadiah Miller House (c. 1875). 5020 Marion–Mount Gilead Road. Claridon. Italianate.
4. Jacob Howser Farm (1882). 4115 Williams Road. Claridon. Italianate.
5. Nehemiah Davis House (1876). 6532 Marseilles–Galion Road. Grand. Gothic Revival.
6. Andrew Bretz Farm (c. 1875). 197 Morral–Kirkpatrick Road. Grand Prairie. Italianate.
7. House (1932). 2150 Marion–Bucyrus Road. Marion. Tudor Revival.
8. Elkana Coon Farm (c. 1875). 2347 Marion–Upper Sandusky Road. Marion. Italianate.

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