Place:Marion, Wayne, New York, United States

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NameMarion
TypeTown
Coordinates43.133°N 77.183°W
Located inWayne, New York, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Marion Cemetery
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Marion is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 4,746 as of the 2010 census. It is named after Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion. It is an interior town near the center of the county, approximately 20 miles east of Rochester, New York and 50 miles west of Syracuse.

The town has a hamlet (and census-designated place), also called Marion. Government offices for the town are located there.

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Marion was part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. The area was first settled around 1795.

The Town of Marion was created from the Town of Williamson on April 18, 1825, as the "Town of Winchester." It was renamed in 1826 for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.

Seneca Foods is based in Marion.

The Ezra T. Phelps Farm Complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

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