Marion, Montana

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Montana, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|official_name = Marion, Montana

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|pushpin_label = Marion

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Montana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Flathead

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|unit_pref = Imperial

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|area_total_km2 = 43.82

|area_land_km2 = 43.69

|area_water_km2 = 0.13

|area_total_sq_mi = 16.92

|area_land_sq_mi = 16.87

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.05

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 1119

|population_density_km2 = 25.61

|population_density_sq_mi = 66.33

|timezone = Mountain (MST)

|utc_offset = -7

|timezone_DST = MDT

|utc_offset_DST = -6

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|elevation_ft = 4042

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|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 59925

|area_code = 406

|blank_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank_info = 2583826{{GNIS|2583826}}

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Marion is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Flathead County, Montana, United States. Its population was 1,119 as of the 2020 census.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-05-14|title=U.S. Census website}} Marion has a post office with ZIP code 59925.{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|accessdate=2012-02-15|author=United States Postal Service|year=2012}}{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=August 1, 2013|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017172656/https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|url-status=dead}}

The Great Northern Railway created Marion in 1891 as the terminus of a short spur line that ran west from Kalispell.{{cite web |title=Marion |url=http://mtplacenames.org/ |website=Montana Place Names Companion |publisher=Montana Historical Society |access-date=7 April 2021}} Between 1892 and 1902, this would be part of the Great Northern Main Line between Columbia Falls and Libby through Haskell Pass. The post office in Marion was established in 1892.

Located just off of U.S. Route 2, Marion is 21 miles from Kalispell. The town is next to Little Bitterroot Lake.

The railroad between Kalispell and Marion was abandoned in the 1940s. Part of it is now Great Northern Historical Trail.{{cite web|title=Rails to Trails of Northwest Montana|url=http://www.railstotrailsofnwmt.com/|accessdate=8 October 2022}}