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Marion is a city in north-central Ohio and the county seat of Marion County, founded in 1822 and named after Francis Marion, the Revolutionary War officer known as the 'Swamp Fox.'

Before Marion was founded, the site was known as Jacob's Well, where Jacob Foos dug a well during the War of 1812 and General William Henry Harrison's troops camped on their way to Lake Erie.

Marion is the hometown of Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States, who bought the Marion Daily Star newspaper as a young man and built his career in the city.

Harding ran his famous 1920 'Front Porch Campaign' from his Queen Anne-style home on Mount Vernon Avenue — the last front porch campaign in American history — and the Harding Home is now a National Historic Landmark open to the public.

The Warren G. Harding Presidential Library and Museum opened next to the Harding Home in 2021, and the president and First Lady Florence Harding are buried at the Harding Memorial, one of the largest presidential tombs in the country.

Marion had a population of 35,999 at the 2020 census, down slightly from 36,837 in 2010.

According to Census Bureau QuickFacts, Marion has about 12,445 households, and only about 57% of its homes are owner-occupied, a lower share than the national average.

Marion calls itself the 'Popcorn Capital of the World' and is home to the Wyandot Popcorn Museum, reflecting the city's long history in the popcorn industry.

The city is also an education hub for the region, home to the Ohio State University at Marion, a regional campus of Ohio State, and to Marion Technical College, which share a campus.

Industry has long anchored Marion's economy — Whirlpool Corporation's local plant, one of the largest clothes-dryer factories in the world, is among the city's biggest employers.