Do you know of Marion ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Marion. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Marion.
We found mention of Marion as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Oakland County, Michigan.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1833 and closed in 1834.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Marion ...
We found 51 communities that share the name Marion.
There are three communities within Michigan that are also named Marion.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 48 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Osceola County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Marion [Osceola County].
- Otsego County
- Sanilac County
- Osceola County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Marion [Perry County].
- Arkansas
- Crittenden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Marion [Crittenden County].
- Colorado
- Garfield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Marion [Garfield County].
- Gunnison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Marion [Gunnison County].
- Connecticut
- Hartford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Marion [Hartford County].
- Florida
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Marion [Hamilton County].
- Georgia
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Marion [Fayette County].
- Gilmer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Marion [Gilmer County].
- Lowndes County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Marion [Lowndes County].
- Twiggs County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Marion [Twiggs County].
- Idaho
- Cassia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Marion [Cassia County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Marion [Grant County].
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Marion [Shelby County].
- Sullivan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Marion [Sullivan County].
- Iowa
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Marion [Linn County].
- Kansas
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Marion [Marion County].
- Kentucky
- Crittenden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Marion [Crittenden County].
- Louisiana
- Union Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Marion [Union Parish].
- Maine
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Marion [Washington County].
- Maryland
- Somerset County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Marion [Somerset County].
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Marion [Plymouth County].
- Minnesota
- Olmsted County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Marion [Olmsted County].
- Mississippi
- Lauderdale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Marion [Lauderdale County].
- Missouri
- Cole County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Marion [Cole County].
- Montana
- Flathead County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Marion [Flathead County].
- Nebraska
- Red Willow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Marion [Red Willow County].
- New Jersey
- Hudson County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Marion [Hudson County].
- New Mexico
- Sierra County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Marion [Sierra County].
- New York
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Marion [Wayne County].
- North Carolina
- McDowell County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Marion [McDowell County].
- North Dakota
- LaMoure County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Marion [LaMoure County].
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Marion [Marion County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Marion [Allegheny County].
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Marion [Franklin County].
- South Carolina
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Marion [Marion County].
- South Dakota
- Turner County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Marion [Turner County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Guadalupe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Marion [Guadalupe County].
- Utah
- Summit County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Marion [Summit County].
- Virginia
- Smyth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Marion [Smyth County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wetzel County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Marion [Wetzel County].
- Wisconsin
- Waupaca County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Marion [Waupaca County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Marion ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Marion:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
More Orphans in Oakland County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Oakland County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Marion could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |