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Marion County, Ohio

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51newspaper titles
1digitized titles
20historic places
1800earliest paper
1820formed
65,359pop. 2020
93cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 51 newspaper titles published in Marion County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. 1 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 20 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Marion, Caledonia, Morrall.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Marion

Library of Congress
51 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
The Ohio StarMarion1800–1999
The People's Advocate, and Marion and Sandusky AdvertiserMarion1828–1830
The Marion PhenixMarion1830–1831
Marion ObserverMarion1832–1832
The Western GalaxyMarion1832–1837
Marion GazetteMarion1837–1844
The VisitorMarion1837–1899
The Democratic MirrorMarion1840–1847
Marion County WhigMarion1842–1843
The Democratic MirrorMarion1842–1844
Buckeye EagleMarion1844–1851
Marion Democratic MirrorMarion1844–1849
Marion Democratic MirrorMarion1848–1850
Marion MirrorMarion1850–1858
The Democratic MirrorMarion1850–1859
The Marion Buckeye EagleMarion1851–1854
Independent AmericanMarion1854–1856
Marion EagleMarion1856–1857
Marion County RepublicanMarion1857–1858
The Marion IndependentMarion1857–1896
People's AdviserMarion1858–1899
The Marion RepublicanMarion1858–1859
Marion County RepublicanMarion1859–1862
Marion Democratic MirrorMarion1859–1899
Marion DemocratMarion1866–1869
The CitizenLarue1872–1899
Caledonia ArgusCaledonia1875–1890
Daily StarMarion1877–1878
Marion Daily PebbleMarion1877–1899
The Larue NewsLa Rue1877–1954
Prospect MonitorProspect1878–1891
The Marion Daily StarMarion1878–1926
Marion Weekly StarMarion1885–1913
The Prospect AdvanceProspect1891–1891
The Marion Daily Mirror DigitizedMarion1892–?
The Prospect MonitorProspect1896–1956
The Republican TranscriptMarion1896–1899
The Marion MirrorMarion1899–1912
NewslifeMarion1900–?
The Marion Ohio TribuneMarion1912–1923
The Semi-Weekly TribuneMarion1912–1914
Marion Ohio TribuneMarion1914–1920
The Marion StarMarion1926–?
The Marion County ReviewMarion1937–1999
Consumer NewsMarion1976–?
Marion News LifeMarion1978–1980
Marion NewslifeMarion1978–1999
The Marion CommentatorMarion1978–1978
NewslifeMarion1980–?
The HometownerWaldo1989–1989
The Marion RepublicanMarion?–

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18001856191319692026

Sample front pages

Chronicling America

Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in Marion. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.

Courtesy Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Page images are hotlinked from loc.gov; generally public domain / no known restrictions (U.S. papers older than 95 years are public domain in their entirety; newer issues may contain some copyrighted third-party material). Rights & access.

On this day — November 5

Front pages

Front pages from Marion papers published on November 5 in past years. Refreshed when the site data is rebuilt (weekly now; could be daily).

Courtesy Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Page images are hotlinked from loc.gov; generally public domain / no known restrictions (U.S. papers older than 95 years are public domain in their entirety; newer issues may contain some copyrighted third-party material). Rights & access.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

12 of 20 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

20 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bretz FarmMorrallBuilding1980
Caledonia Bowstring BridgeCaledoniaStructure1978
Caledonia Public Square and North Water Street Historic DistrictCaledoniaDistrict2023
Harding TombMarionStructure1976
Harding, Warren G., House NHLMarionBuilding1966
Hotel HardingMarionBuilding1980
King, George W., Mansion-EtowahMarionBuilding1995
Marion Catholic SchoolMarionBuilding2017
Marion Cemetery Receiving VaultMarionStructure1995
Marion County CourthouseMarionBuilding1974
Marion County Telephone Company BuildingMarionBuilding2007
Marion Downtown Historic DistrictMarionDistrict2022
Marion Township Sub-District #8 SchoolMarionBuilding2007
Marion Women's Club HomeMarionBuilding2019
Memorial United Methodist ChurchCaledonia1979
Old US Post OfficeMarionBuilding1990
Palace TheaterMarionBuilding1976
Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial ChapelMarionBuilding1995
Temple and Masonic Block BuildingsCaledoniaBuilding2021
Wyatt's Tavern-Fort Morrow SiteWaldoSite1978

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Marion was formed in 1820 (1820-04-01) from unknown / original county.

MARION created from Non-County Area 5 attached to DELAWARE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Marion County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

68k37k6,55118301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
6,55114,76515,49020,56528,67842,00444,89849,95960,22167,97466,21765,359

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

93 cemeteries and 9 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 93 listed
NameLatLon
Agosta Cemetery40.58166-83.32162
Augenstein Cemetery40.49077-83.08868
Barks Cemetery (historical)40.56117-83.12075
Berringer Cemetery40.49657-83.02281
Bonner Cemetery40.57589-83.39492
Boyer Cemetery40.56008-83.08486
Bretz Cemetery40.69799-83.14519
Brewer Cemetery40.63694-83.14486
Brown Taylor Cemetery40.46478-83.22269
Brucklacher Cemetery40.68894-82.94796
Burtsfield Cemetery40.66881-83.11463
Caledonia Cemetery40.63283-82.95851
Caledonia Graveyard40.63871-82.9667
Canaan Cemetery40.54968-83.07747
Chapel Cemetery40.62029-83.36124
Chapel Heights Memorial Gardens40.64227-83.14158
Claridon Cemetery40.58255-82.99324
Collmer Cemetery40.5103-83.0604
Cooper Vestal Cemetery40.52073-83.2758
Crandall Cemetery40.60089-83.38771
Crimm Cemetery40.5134-83.0158
Deal Cemetery40.68177-83.30102
Dickason Cemetery40.57701-83.35246
Drake Cemetery40.47787-83.08059
Ebenezer Cemetery40.57072-83.33078
Fairview Cemetery40.53484-83.37463
Fitzhugh Grave40.64775-83.14717
Frame Cemetery40.63866-83.30742
German Reform Cemetery40.58564-83.30494
Graham Cemetery40.56782-83.0874
Grand Prairie Cemetery40.69061-83.1538
Green Camp Cemetery40.52866-83.19852
Guthery Cemetery40.54674-83.3494
Hinds Cemetery40.59147-82.99183
Hoover Crossing Cemetery40.58639-83.3432
Idleman Cemetery40.5005-83.08379
Kannel Cemetery40.63005-83.2313
Kirkpatrick Cemetery40.68537-83.00925
Klingle Cemetery40.51064-83.06097
LaRue Cemetery40.59922-83.37853
Lawrence Cemetery40.5703-83.01219
Likens Cemetery40.62947-83.08636
Lutheran Cemetery40.56366-82.9624
Marion Cemetery40.57662-83.12257
Markel-Kirts Cemetery40.49974-83.19844
Mellott Cemetery40.65281-82.95274
Miller Cemetery40.677-82.9599
Montgomery Cemetery40.62205-83.40935
Mount Olive Cemetery40.51728-83.28168
Mounts Cemetery40.48783-83.17658
Myres Cemetery40.6-83.38142
Neff Cemetery40.6895-82.91962
Neff Cemetery40.68588-83.22186
Old Marion Cemetery40.5913-83.12553
Otterbein Cemetery40.49222-83.19419
Page Cemetery40.64707-83.17094
Pawpaw Cemetery40.65094-83.38115
Pleasant Cemetery40.549-83.10791
Pleasant Hill Cemetery40.6291-83.2297
Plotner Cemetery40.5589-83.01428
President Warren Harding Memorial40.57318-83.12265
Prospect Cemetery40.45453-83.19131
Rayl Cemetery40.5566-83.19375
Reidel Cemetery40.53811-83.24325
Riverside Cemetery40.4981-83.05789
Rupp Cemetery40.51533-83.09607
Rush Cemetery40.65819-82.97922
Saint Johns Reformed Cemetery40.52727-83.03963
Saint Marys Cemetery40.57529-83.12686
Saint Pauls Cemetery40.52645-83.05629
Salem Cemetery40.56005-82.97629
Salem Cemetery40.60811-83.2788
Sayler Cemetery40.52747-83.06323
Schweinfurth Cemetery40.49809-83.14156
Smith - Witzel Cemetery40.52811-83.00762
Smith Cemetery40.51445-83.04137
Sullivan Cemetery40.53866-83.19408
Thew Cemetery40.62145-82.96685
Underwood Cemetery40.58338-82.9674
Union Cemetery40.64386-83.26963
Historical populated places — 9 of 9
NameLatLon
Beech40.55784-82.97685
Bethlehem40.48367-83.13186
Gurley40.58617-83.25575
Holmesville40.54283-83.35964
Hords40.59256-83.19297
Logan40.60506-83.07352
Longville40.58561-83.21742
Stringtown40.6745-82.94852
Winnemac40.57422-83.38992

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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