Marion, Shelby County, Indiana

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| founder = James Wilson
John Sleeth

| named_for = General Francis Marion

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Marion is an unincorporated community in Marion Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History

James Wilson was the first settler in the future Shelby County, raising a cabin there in 1819. In 1820 the New Purchase areas were formally surrendered to the government, and the land was made available for purchase. In 1820 Wilson and a few other settlers traveled to the Government Land Office at Brookville to make good their existing settlement claims.Wilson's farm was in the SW¼ S9 T13 R7W.

Returning from Brookville, Wilson brought a surveyor. In partnership with John Sleeth, a townsite with streets, alleys and a public square was laid out and platted. This was the first such effort in the future county, which was authorized by the state legislature on 31 December 1821.[https://www.shelbycountyindiana.org/historical_articles/history_1876.htm Shelby County Indiana, History (1876), p. 8 (accessed 14 August 2020)]{{cite book|last=Chadwick|first=Edward H.|title=Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana|url=https://archive.org/details/chadwickshistory02chad|year=1909|publisher=B.F. Bowen|pages=69, 90]}} The community was named for Francis Marion, an army officer during the American Revolutionary War, A post office opened at Marion in 1823.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Shelby&searchtext=&pagenum=2|title=Shelby County|publisher=Jim Forte Postal History|accessdate=4 December 2015}} The post office was renamed Noah Post Office in September 1836, and was discontinued in 1902.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/n228 211]|quote=...changed to Noah on September 5, 1836...}}

Marion once contained a high school which closed in about 1908.{{cite book|title=Shelby County, Indiana History & Families|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Amu1n0c_5o8C&pg=PA57|year=1992|publisher=Turner Publishing Company|isbn=978-1-56311-078-8|page=57}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Shelby County, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana