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Marion, Indiana. Marion is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Indiana, United States, along the Mississinewa River. [4] The population was 28,310 as of the 2020 census. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War. The city is home to Indiana Wesleyan University, the ...
Harry "Pete" Pierpont (October 13, 1902 – October 17, 1934) was a Prohibition era gangster, convicted murderer and bank robber. He was a friend and mentor to John Dillinger. Described as handsome and soft-spoken, Pierpont was a bright, natural-born leader. Fiercely loyal, he had a reputation for taking care of those around him and not ...
Marion Downtown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Marion, Grant County, Indiana. It encompasses 52 contributing buildings, 2 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Marion. It developed between about 1870 and 1942, and includes notable examples of Italianate ...
News of the bills passing was favorably received in Grant County and on July 30, 1888, a celebration took place and it was estimated that the streets of Marion were thronged with the largest assemblage ever reported in Marion. [4] In early 1890 Steele became the first President of the First National Bank in Marion.
Grant County is a county in central Indiana in the United States Midwest. At the time of the 2020 census, the population was 66,674. [1] The county seat is Marion. [2]Important paleontological discoveries, dating from the Pliocene epoch, have been made at the Pipe Creek Sinkhole in Grant County.
By October 1888, a 220-acre (0.89 km 2) tract had been purchased by a group of local citizens for donation to the Federal government for the National Home site.This tract was located in North Marion in a bend of the Mississinewa River on the "hilliest body of land in Grant County" from which there were views to the east and north as well as south to Marion. [4]
CR 1000 over the Mississinewa River. 40°23′19″N 85°29′05″W. / 40.388611°N 85.484722°W / 40.388611; -85.484722 ( Cumberland Covered Bridge) Jefferson Township and Matthews. 3. Fairmount Commercial Historic District.
November 19, 1990. Grant County Jail and Sheriff's Residence is a historic county jail and residence located at 215 East 3rd Street in Marion, Grant County, Indiana. It was designed by Richards, McCarty & Bulford and built in 1904. It consists of two distinct units that are constructed of red pressed brick with limestone detailing.