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Marion, city, seat (1831) of Grant county, north-central Indiana, U.S., on the Mississinewa River, 67 miles (108 km) northeast of Indianapolis. Settled in 1826, it was named for General Francis Marion of the American Revolutionary War. It developed as an agricultural town, but local oil and gas booms at the turn of the 20th century attracted industry that continued after the wells ran out. Manufactures now include automobile, radio, and television parts, plastics, wire, glass, and foundry products. U.S. troops fought Miami Indians nearby at the Battle of Mississinewa in 1812. The Shugart House (1847), built by local Quaker George Shugart, was constructed with spaces between the walls in order to conceal fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad. Salamonie and Mississinewa state recreation areas are north of the city. Indiana Wesleyan University was founded in 1920 as Marion College. Inc. 1889. Pop. (2000) 31,320; (2010) 29,948.

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