Editing Marion, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                  = Marion, Louisiana
| official_name         = Town of Marion
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| population_total      = 623
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| area_code             = [[Area code 318|318]]
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| blank_info            = 22-48645
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'''Marion''' is a [[town]] in [[Union Parish, Louisiana|Union Parish]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States]]. The population was 765 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], a decrease from 806 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]]. This population includes the village of [[Truxno, Louisiana|Truxno]] in the northwestern corner of the city limits. It is part of the [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] [[Monroe, Louisiana metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
Little is known about the early history of Marion, but it is believed that the first settlers of the area were the family of a man named David Stewart who came from [[Marion, Alabama]] in 1832. This has caused confusion as some sources state this is how the town got its name, while others argue it was named after the [[Lieutenant Colonel]] and later [[Brigadier General]] [[Francis Marion]] of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Also known as the "swamp fox".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=3467|title=Profile for Marion, Louisiana|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=May 26, 2010}}</ref>

Marion was a part of [[Ouachita Parish]] until 1839 when it became a part of the new [[Union Parish]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hudson |first1=T. D. |title=A Brief History of the European Settlement of         Union Parish Louisiana             1540 – 1850 |url=https://lagenweb.org/union/in-prep.htm |website=The USGenWeb Project |access-date=October 25, 2024}}</ref>

Marion was incorporated as a town in 1852.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Calcasieu Parish |url=https://www.calcasieu.gov/government/parish-history |website=Calcasieu Parish |publisher=Website Design by Granicus - Connecting People and Government |access-date=October 25, 2024}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|3.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|3.2|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and 0.31% is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1910= 226
|1920= 371
|1930= 444
|1940= 481
|1950= 685
|1960= 685
|1970= 796
|1980= 989
|1990= 775
|2000= 806
|2010= 765
|2020= 623
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Marion racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2248645&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 232
| 37.24%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 361
| 57.95%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 1
| 0.16%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 22
| 3.53%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 7
| 1.12%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 623 people, 294 households, and 211 families residing in the town.

==Education==
Residents were assigned to [[Union Parish Public Schools]]' [[Marion High School (Louisiana)|Marion High School]] (K-12) until June 2013, when the school closed down due to a lack of students in the 2012–13 school year. Marion students since the 2013–14 academic season go to the [[Union Parish High School]] located in [[Farmerville, Louisiana]].

==Notable people==
* [[John David Crow]], Heisman Trophy Winner, 1957; born in Marion, 1935
* [[Walt Goldsby]] (1861–1914), 19th century baseball player, born in Marion

==See also==
{{Portal|Louisiana}}
* [[Louisiana Highway 143|LA 143]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090401003154/http://www.townofmarionla.com/ Town of Marion]}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100515212847/http://marionprogress.com/ Marion Progress] Community Progress Site for Marion, LA

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[[Category:Towns in Monroe, Louisiana metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Towns in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Union Parish, Louisiana]]