Marion is an
unincorporated community
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in
Twiggs County
Twiggs County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,022. The county seat is Jeffersonville. The county was created on December 14, 1809, and named for American Rev ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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.
History
The community was named after
Francis Marion (c. 1732–1795), army officer during the American Revolutionary War, known as the Swamp Fox. Marion was once the county seat of Twiggs County.
The
Georgia General Assembly incorporated Marion as a town in 1816; the town's municipal charter was repealed in 1834. A post office was established at Marion in 1812, and remained in operation until 1868.
References
Unincorporated communities in Twiggs County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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