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Marion County
Contact InformationMarion County Courthouse
101 E. Main St.
Salem, IL 62881
618-548-3400 – County Clerk
618-548-3856 – Circuit Clerk
618-548-3400 – Recorder
IRAD—c/o Records Management
Morris Library, Mail Code 6808
Southern Illinois University
1835 University Press Dr.
Carbondale, IL 62901-6808
618-453-3040
Established
- January 24, 1823 (Laws, 1823, p. 49)
Origin of the name of the county
- Named for Francis Marion, a soldier of the American Revolution who distinguished himself as a partisan commander in the Carolinas. Due to his irregular methods of warfare, he is considered one of the fathers of modern guerrilla warfare, and is credited in the lineage of the United States Army Rangers. He is known as the Swamp Fox.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
- 1819–1823 – Jefferson
- 1821–1823 – Fayette
- 1816–1821 – Crawford
- 1815–1819 – Edwards
- 1812–1815 – Gallatin
- 1812–1815 – Madison
- 1803–1813 – Randolph
- 1790–1813 – St. Clair
- 1790–1801 – Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats
- 1823–present – Salem
History of county governing board
- 1823–1849 – County Commissioners’ Court
- 1849–1874 – County Court
- 1874–present – County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
- Adopted – November 4, 1873
Township Names
- Alma – Name changed from Pleasant on April 20, 1874.
- Carrigan
- Centralia
- Foster
- Haines
- Iuka
- Kinmundy
- Meacham
- Odin
- Omega
- Patoka
- Raccoon
- Romine
- Salem
- Sandoval – Formed from Odin (date unknown, before 1921).
- Stevenson
- Tonti – Name changed from Fredonia on April 20, 1874.
Township Map
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