MARION
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V17,
Page 723
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
MARION
, a city and the county-seat of Marion county, Ohio, U.S.A., 44 M
.
N. by W. of Columbus
.
Pop
.
(1900), 11,862, including 782 foreign- born and 112 negroes; (1910), 18,232
.
Marion is served by the Pennsylvania, the Erie, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St
.
See also: - LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
, and the Hocking Valley railways, and by interurban electric railway to Columbus
.
It is the trade centre of a rich farming district
.
Limestone is abundant, and the city has various manufactures, including lime, foundry and machine- shop products, agricultural implements, planing- See also: - MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
products, engines, steam shovels, dredges, pianos and silks
.
In 1905 the value of factory products was $3,227,712, being 33.1% greater than in 1900
.
Marion was laid out in 1821, and was chartered as a city in 1890
.
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