Editing Marion County, Missouri

{{short description|County in Missouri, United States}}
{{For|counties with a similar name|Marion County (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county        = Marion County
 | state              = Missouri
 | seal                 = 
 | founded year         = 1826
 | founded date    = December 23
 | seat wl             = Palmyra
 | largest city wl    = Hannibal
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 444
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 437
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 7.4
 | area percentage      = 1.7
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 28525 {{loss}}
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2024
 | population_est       = 
 | density_sq_mi        = 64
 | time zone           = Central
 | footnotes            = 
 | web                  = 
 | named for =[[Francis Marion]]
 | district             = 6th
 | ex image   = Marion County MO courthouse Palmyra-001.jpg
 | ex image cap         = Marion County courthouse in Palmyra
 | website              = http://marioncountymo.com/ }}

'''Marion County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the northeastern portion of [[Missouri]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 28,525.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marion County, Missouri |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Marion_County,_Missouri?g=050XX00US29127|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 13, 2023}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Palmyra, Missouri|Palmyra]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>  Unique from most third-class counties in the state, Marion has two county courthouses, the second located in [[Hannibal, Missouri|Hannibal]].<ref name="coweb">{{cite web
| url = http://marioncountymo.com/
| title = Marion County, Missouri
| date = 2013
| access-date = October 23, 2014
}}</ref> The county was organized on December 23, 1826,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/descriptions/desc-counties/desc-marion.html|title=Marion County Collection Descriptions|publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri|access-date=November 24, 2014|archive-date=March 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328201607/http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/descriptions/desc-counties/desc-marion.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~momarion/history.htm|title=A Short History of Marion County|publisher=MOGenWeb|access-date=November 24, 2014}}</ref> and named for General [[Francis Marion]], the "Swamp Fox," who was from South Carolina and served in the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n90 193]}}</ref> The area was known as the "Two Rivers Country" before organization. Marion County is part of the Hannibal, Missouri [[Hannibal, Missouri micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]], which is included in the [[Quincy, Illinois|Quincy]]-Hannibal, [[Illinois|IL]]-MO [[Quincy, Illinois micropolitan area|Combined Statistical Area]].

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|444|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|437|sqmi}} is land, and {{convert|7.4|sqmi}} (1.7%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 16, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt|archive-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Lewis County, Missouri|Lewis County]] (north)
*[[Adams County, Illinois]] (northeast)
*[[Pike County, Illinois]] (southeast)
*[[Ralls County, Missouri|Ralls County]] (south)
*[[Monroe County, Missouri|Monroe County]] (southwest)
*[[Shelby County, Missouri|Shelby County]] (west)

===Major roadways===
*[[File:I-72 (MO).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 72 (Missouri)|I-72]]
*[[File:US 24.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 24 (Missouri)|US-24]]
*[[File:US 36.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 36 (Missouri)|US-36]]
*[[File:US 61.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 61 (Missouri)|US-61]]
*[[File:MO-6.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 6|Route 6]]                                                                                                           
*[[File:MO-79.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 79|Route 79]]                                                                                                        
*[[File:MO-168.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 168|Route 168]]
*[[File:GreatRiverRoad.svg|20px]] [[Great River Road]]
* Hannibal Expressway (proposed)

===Transit===
*[[Burlington Trailways]]
*[[OATS Transit]]
*[[Amtrak]] ''[[Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg]]'' (proposed)

===Railroads===
*[[BNSF Railway]]
*[[Norfolk Southern Railway]]

==History==
Marion County was created by the state legislature in 1845 from parts of Ralls and Shelby Counties. It was settled from Virginia and Kentucky by farmers looking for cheap farmland; some owned slaves. It was named after Francis Marion, a general in the Revolutionary War. The county seat is Palmyra, which was established in 1833 and became a locally important river port on the Mississippi. By the late 1800s, the county was the center of a thriving agricultural community. Tobacco was the main crop, though cotton, wheat, barley, oats, and hay were also grown. Livestock included horses, mules, and cattle.<ref>Thomas C. Hines, ''The History of Marion County, Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests'' (1912).</ref>
 
The best known native son is [[Mark Twain]] (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) born in 1835, in the village of Florida. His youthful experiences in Hannibal became the setting for the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.<ref>Paul A. Shackel, "America’s home town: fiction, Mark Twain, and the re‐creation of Hannibal, Missouri." ''International Journal of Heritage Studies'' 17.3 (2011): 197-213. [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Shackel/publication/254316024_America-s_home_town_Fiction_Mark_Twain_and_the_re-creation_of_Hannibal_Missouri/links/570ba73608ae2eb94223a774/America-s-home-town-Fiction-Mark-Twain-and-the-re-creation-of-Hannibal-Missouri.pdf online]</ref> Other prominent locals included Governor [[John S. Phelps]], and Confederate General A.P. Morehead. The region was bitterly divided in the Civil War but Unionist elements prevailed. Palmyra was the site of a skirmish in 1862, and the county was the site of several other battles and raids. Today, Marion County continues to be primarily an agricultural county. It is home to a number of historic sites and buildings, with a major tourist industry focused on Mark Twain characters and settings.<ref>Robert L. Allen and F. Charles Petrillo, eds., ''History of Marion County, Missouri'' (1999).</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1830= 4837
|1840= 9623
|1850= 12230
|1860= 18838
|1870= 23780
|1880= 24837
|1890= 26233
|1900= 26331
|1910= 30572
|1920= 30226
|1930= 33493
|1940= 31576
|1950= 29765
|1960= 29522
|1970= 28121
|1980= 28638
|1990= 27682
|2000= 28289
|2010= 28781
|2020= 28525
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/mo190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/29/29127.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607042546/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/29/29127.html |archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2010, there were 28,781 people, 11,066 households, and 7,524 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|65|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 12,443 housing units at an average density of {{convert|28|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units&nbsp;}}. The racial makeup of the county was 93.26% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.62% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.27% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.28% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.08% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.18% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.32% from two or more races. Approximately 0.89% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race. 28.5% were [[German people|German]], 25.6% [[United States|American]], 11.0% [[Irish people|Irish]], and 10.3% [[English people|English]] ancestry.

There were 11,066 households, out of which 33.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.50% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.00% were non-families. 28.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44, and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.70% under the age of 18, 9.50% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 16.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,774, and the median income for a family was $41,290. Males had a median income of $30,935 versus $20,591 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $16,964. About 9.30% of families and 12.10% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.30% of those under age 18 and 10.50% of those age 65 or over.

===2020 Census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Marion County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title =P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Marion County, Missouri|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Marion%20County,%20Missouri&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (NH)
|24,930
|87.4%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (NH)
|1,363
|4.8%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] (NH)
|67
|0.23%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (NH)
|165
|0.58%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|16
|0.05%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] (NH)
|1,468
|5.1%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|516
|1.8%
|}

==Education==

===Public schools===
*[http://www.hannibal.k12.mo.us/ Hannibal Public School District No. 60] – [[Hannibal, Missouri|Hannibal]]
**Veterans Elementary School (K-05) 
**A.D. Stowell Elementary School (K-05) 
**Mark Twain Elementary School (K-05) 
**Oakwood Elementary School (K-05) 
**Eugene Field Elementary School (K-05) 
**Early Childhood Center (PK)
**Hannibal Middle School (06-08) 
**Hannibal High School (09-12) 
*[http://www.palmyra.k12.mo.us/ Palmyra R-I School District] – [[Palmyra, Missouri|Palmyra]]
**Palmyra Elementary School (K-04) 
**Palmyra Middle School (05-08) 
**Palmyra High School (09-12)
*[http://www.marion.k12.mo.us/ Marion County R-II School District] – [[Philadelphia, Missouri|Philadelphia]]
**Marion County Elementary School (K-06) 
**Marion County High School (07-12)

===Private schools===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110810145902/http://www.myholyfamily.com/School/School.asp Holy Family Catholic School] – [[Hannibal, Missouri|Hannibal]] (K-09) – [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] 
*[http://www.stjohnshannibal.org/ St. John’s Lutheran School] – [[Hannibal, Missouri|Hannibal]] (K-06) – [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod|Lutheran]]
*[https://missionhillbaptistchurch.com/ Mission Hill Christian Academy] - Palmyra, Missouri (K-12)

===Post-secondary===
*[[Hannibal–LaGrange University]] – [[Hannibal, Missouri|Hannibal]] – A private, four-year [[Southern Baptist]] university.

===Public libraries===
Hannibal Free Public Library<ref>{{cite web | last = Breeding | first = Marshall | title = Hannibal Free Public Library | publisher = Libraries.org | url =  https://librarytechnology.org/library/11258 | access-date = May 8, 2017}}</ref>  
*Palmyra Bicentennial Public Library<ref>{{cite web | last = Breeding | first = Marshall | title = Palmyra Bicentennial Public Library | publisher = Libraries.org | url = https://librarytechnology.org/library/20173 | access-date = May 8, 2017}}</ref>

==Communities==

===Cities and towns===
*[[Hannibal, Missouri|Hannibal]]
*[[Monroe City, Missouri|Monroe City]] (mostly in [[Monroe County, Missouri|Monroe County]] and a small part in [[Ralls County, Missouri|Ralls County]])
*[[Palmyra, Missouri|Palmyra]] (county seat)

===Unincorporated communities===
{{Div col|colwidth=10em|rules=yes}}
* [[Barkley, Missouri|Barkley]]
* [[Bellville, Missouri|Bellville]]
* [[Benbow, Missouri|Benbow]]
* [[Cave City, Missouri|Cave City]]
* [[Ely, Missouri|Ely]]
* [[Emerson, Missouri|Emerson]]
* [[Heather, Missouri|Heather]]
* [[Helton, Missouri|Helton]]
* [[Hester, Missouri|Hester]]
* [[Little Union, Missouri|Little Union]]
* [[Mungers, Missouri|Mungers]]
* [[Naomi, Missouri|Naomi]]
* [[Nelsonville, Missouri|Nelsonville]]
* [[Newmarket, Missouri|Newmarket]]
* [[North River, Missouri|North River]]
* [[Philadelphia, Missouri|Philadelphia]]
* [[Sharpsburg, Missouri|Sharpsburg]]
* [[Smileyville, Missouri|Smileyville]]
* [[Taylor, Missouri|Taylor]]
* [[Uva, Missouri|Uva]]
* [[Warren, Missouri|Warren]]
* [[West Ely, Missouri|West Ely]]
* [[West Quincy, Missouri|West Quincy]]
* [[White Bear, Missouri|White Bear]]
* [[Withers Mill, Missouri|Withers Mill]]
* [[Woodland, Missouri|Woodland]]
{{div col end}}

===Former communities===
* [[Cherry Dell, Missouri|Cherry Dell]]
* [[Lamb, Missouri|Lamb]]
* [[Mark, Missouri|Mark]]

==Politics==
{{Unreferenced section|date=June 2014}}

{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Marion County, Missouri
| assessor          =Mark Novak
| assessorparty     =Democratic
| circuitclerk      =Cheryl Damron (Division I) / Chris Tate (Division II)
| circuitclerkparty =Republican
| countyclerk       =Marla Meyers
| countyclerkparty  =Republican
| presiding          =David Lomax
| presidingparty    =Republican
| district1         =Steve Begley
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =Larry Welch
| district2party    =Republican
| collector         =
| collectorparty    =
| coroner             =Rick Jones
| coronerparty    =Republican
| prosecutor        =Luke A Bryant
| prosecutorparty   =Republican
| administrator     =Wendy Howe
| administratorparty=Democratic
| recorder          =Harla Friez
| recorderparty     =Democratic
| sheriff           =Jimmy Shinn
| sheriffparty      =Republican
| surveyor          =John D. Janes
| surveyorparty     =Independent
| treasurer         =Joelle Fohey
| treasurerparty    =Democratic
}}

===State===
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Past Gubernatorial Elections Results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2024 Missouri gubernatorial election|2024]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''76.43%''' ''9,887''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|21.54% ''2,786''
|align="center" |2.03% ''263''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2020|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''75.91%''' ''10,082''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|22.70% ''3,015''
|align="center" |1.39% ''185''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''65.84%''' ''8,484''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|31.86% ''4,105''
|align="center" |2.30% ''297''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''53.03%''' ''6,380''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|44.83% ''5,394''
|align="center" |2.14% ''257''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''58.82%''' ''7,341''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|39.77% ''4,964''
|align="center" |1.41% ''176''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''67.03%''' ''8,292''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|31.77% ''3,930''
|align="center" |1.20% ''148''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''50.05%''' ''5,832''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|48.88% ''5,696''
|align="center" |1.07% ''125''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|31.55% ''3,388''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''66.68%''' ''7,161''
|align="center" |1.78% ''191''
|}

Marion County is in Missouri's 5th district in the [[Missouri House of Representatives]], represented by [http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2017&district=005 Lindell F. Shumake] (R-[[Hannibal, Missouri|Hannibal]]).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 5 — Marion County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Lindell F. Shumake'''
  |votes      = '''9,532'''
  |percentage = '''74.88%'''
  |change     = '''+0.24'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = O.C. Latta
  |votes      = 3,197
  |percentage = 25.12%
  |change     = -0.24
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 5 — Marion County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Lindell F. Shumake'''
  |votes      = '''5,089'''
  |percentage = '''74.64%'''
  |change     = '''+12.30'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = C. Leroy Deichman
  |votes      = 1,729
  |percentage = 25.36%
  |change     = -12.30
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 5 — Marion County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Lindell F. Shumake'''
  |votes      = '''7,445'''
  |percentage = '''62.34%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tom Shively
  |votes      = 4,497
  |percentage = 37.66%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

All of Marion County is a part of Missouri's 18th District in the [[Missouri Senate]]; it is represented by [http://www.senate.mo.gov/mem18/ Brian Munzlinger] (R-[[Williamstown, Missouri|Williamstown]]). 
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 18 — Marion County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Brian Munzlinger'''
  |votes      = '''5,630'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

===Federal===
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Marion County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Roy Blunt'''
  |votes      = '''8,239'''
  |percentage = '''64.11%'''
  |change     = '''+11.46'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jason Kander
  |votes      = 4,115
  |percentage = 32.02%
  |change     = -11.77
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 277
  |percentage = 2.16%
  |change     = -1.40
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Johnathan McFarland
  |votes      = 128
  |percentage = 1.00%
  |change     = +1.00
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Fred Ryman
  |votes      = 93
  |percentage = 0.72%
  |change     = +0.72
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Marion County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Todd Akin
  |votes      = 6,350
  |percentage = 52.65%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Claire McCaskill'''
  |votes      = '''5,281'''
  |percentage = '''43.79%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 429
  |percentage = 3.56%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}
Marion County is included in [[MO-06|Missouri's 6th Congressional District]] and is represented by [[Sam Graves]] (R-[[Tarkio, Missouri|Tarkio]]) in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]].
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 6th Congressional District - Marion County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sam Graves'''
  |votes      = '''9,405'''
  |percentage = '''74.46%'''
  |change     = '''+0.30'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = David M. Blackwell
  |votes      = 2,915
  |percentage = 23.08%
  |change     = -0.76
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Russ Lee Monchil
  |votes      = 193
  |percentage = 1.53%
  |change     = -0.47
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mike Diel
  |votes      = 118
  |percentage = 0.93%
  |change     = +0.93
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri’s 6th Congressional District — Marion County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sam Graves'''
  |votes      = '''5,008'''
  |percentage = '''74.16%'''
  |change     = '''+9.76'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Hedge
  |votes      = 1,610
  |percentage = 23.84%
  |change     = -9.88
  }}
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  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Russ Lee Monchil
  |votes      = 135
  |percentage = 2.00%
  |change     = +0.12
  }}
{{Election box end}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sam Graves'''
  |votes      = '''7,462'''
  |percentage = '''64.40%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Kyle Yarber
  |votes      = 3,907
  |percentage = 33.72%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Russ Lee Monchil
  |votes      = 218
  |percentage = 1.88%
  |change     =
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{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|2,433|3,127|202|Missouri}}
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Historically a Democratic county in the 20th century, with the exception of Republican landslides in 1972 and 1984, Marion County has been reliably Republican since 2000. The last Democrat to receive 40% or more of the vote was [[Al Gore]] that same year.

===Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)===
{{main|2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary|2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary}}
Former [[U.S. Senator]] [[Hillary Clinton]] (D-[[New York (state)|New York]]) received more votes, a total of 1,587, than any candidate from either party in Marion County during the 2008 presidential primary.

==See also==
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Marion County, Missouri]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* ''History of Marion County, Missouri: written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources'' (1884) [http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=2eb3977dac6e01be233d3e8ddf7526ca;g=;c=umlib;idno=umlc000014 full text]

==External links==
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* [http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/platbooks.htm Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Marion County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816173126/http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/platbooks.htm |date=August 16, 2011 }} from [[University of Missouri]] Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Marion County, Missouri
|North     = [[Lewis County, Missouri|Lewis County]]
|Northeast = [[Adams County, Illinois]]
|East      = 
|Southeast = [[Pike County, Illinois]]
|South     = [[Ralls County, Missouri|Ralls County]]
|Southwest = [[Monroe County, Missouri|Monroe County]]
|West      = [[Shelby County, Missouri|Shelby County]]
|Northwest = 
}}

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[[Category:Hannibal, Missouri micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Missouri counties on the Mississippi River]]