- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Marion County
- Creator:
- Lyles, John Joseph
- Date of Original:
- 2003-12-12
- Subject:
- Marion County (Ga.)
Counties--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Marion County, Georgia. Marion County, in west central Georgia, was established by an act of the state legislature in 1827, two years after the Creek Indians signed the Treaty of Indian Springs (1825). Marion, the state's seventy-second county, was created from a large tract of land ceded from Lee and Muscogee counties, both established in 1826. Named for the Revolutionary War (1775-83) hero General Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion of South Carolina, Marion County contained almost all the land that now makes up Schley and Chattahoochee counties and part of Macon and Taylor counties.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/marion-county/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Marion County," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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