Marion
County Fact Sheet
Addresses for County
Courthouse and IRAD:
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Marion County Courthouse
101 E. Broadway
P.O. Box 637
Salem, IL 62881
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County Clerk
Circuit Clerk
Recorder
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(618) 548-3400
(618) 548-3856
(618) 548-3400
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IRAD Depository
c/o Special Collections
Morris Library–6632
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901
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- Telephone:
(618) 453-3040
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Established: |
January 24, 1823 (Laws, 1823, p. 49) |
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Origin of the name
of the county: |
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Named for Francis Marion, a soldier of
the Revolution who distinguished himself as a partisan commander in
the Carolinas. |
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Present area, or
parts of it, formerly included in: |
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1819–1823 |
Jefferson |
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1821–1823 |
Fayette |
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1816–1821 |
Crawford |
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1815–1819 |
Edwards |
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1812–1815 |
Gallatin |
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1812–1815 |
Madison |
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1803–1813 |
Randolph |
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1790–1813 |
St. Clair |
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1790–1801 |
Knox, Northwest Territory |
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| County
Seat: |
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1823– |
Salem |
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| History
of county governing board: |
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1823–1849 |
County Commissioners’ Court |
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1849–1874 |
County Court |
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1874– |
County Board of Supervisors |
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| Township
Government |
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Adopted: |
November 4, 1873 |
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Township Names: |
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Alma |
Name changed from Pleasant on April 20, 1874. |
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Carrigan |
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Centralia |
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Foster |
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Haines |
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Iuka |
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Kinmundy |
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Meacham |
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Odin |
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Omega |
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Patoka |
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Raccoon |
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Romine |
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Salem |
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Sandoval |
Formed from Odin (date unknown, before 1921). |
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Stevenson |
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Tonti |
Name changed from Fredonia on April 20, 1874. |
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