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| Name | Marion |
| Alt names | Marion | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | Marion District | source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS45031550 |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 34.083°N 79.433°W |
| Located in | South Carolina, United States (1800 - ) |
| See also | Dillon, South Carolina, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Florence, South Carolina, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Georgetown, South Carolina, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Georgetown (district), South Carolina, United States | | | Liberty (abolished county), South Carolina, United States | |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Marion County is a county located in the coastal plain of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 29,183. Its county seat is Marion. It is a majority-minority county.
Early European traders in the Carolinas settled along the Pee Dee River from the 17th century, including in an isolated area called Sandy Bluff. They did business with numerous tribes, including the Choctaw and Chickasaw to the South. Crossed by several rivers, the county was organized by European Americans in 1785 soon after the American Revolutionary War and was originally known as Liberty County. However, four years later it was renamed as Marion County, in honor of Brigadier General Francis Marion, the famous "Swamp Fox" and a hero of the American Revolutionary War. In 1910, a portion of the county was taken to be organized as adjacent Dillon County.
Marion County is included in the Myrtle Beach-Conway–North Myrtle Beach, SC–NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1790 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1800 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1800 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1800 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1800 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1800 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1910 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1915 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1800 | 6,914
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| 1810 | 8,884
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| 1820 | 10,201
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| 1830 | 11,208
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| 1840 | 13,932
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| 1850 | 17,407
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| 1860 | 21,190
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| 1870 | 22,160
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| 1880 | 34,107
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| 1890 | 29,976
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| 1900 | 35,181
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| 1910 | 20,596
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| 1920 | 23,721
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| 1930 | 27,221
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| 1940 | 30,107
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| 1950 | 33,110
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| 1960 | 32,014
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| 1970 | 30,270
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| 1980 | 34,179
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| 1990 | 33,899
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Marion County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
- www.co.marion.sc.us
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