Marion, Indiana

Marion
City
Grant County Courthouse
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Nickname:  City of Champions
Location of Marion in Grant County
Coordinates: 40°32′59″N 85°39′37″W / 40.54972°N 85.66028°W / 40.54972; -85.66028
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Grant
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council
• Mayor	Ronald Douglas Morrell Jr. (R)[citation needed]
Area [1]
• Total	15.76 sq mi (40.82 km2)
• Land	15.68 sq mi (40.61 km2)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.21 km2)  0.51%
Elevation [2]	814 ft (248 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	28,310
• Density	1,805.48/sq mi (697.11/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	46952-46953
Area code	765
FIPS code	18-46908[3]
GNIS feature ID	2395009[2]
Website	City of Marion website

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 largest evangelical Christian university in the Midwest and Indiana's largest private university, when online and regional campuses in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois are included. The traditional campus enrolls about 2,800 students. Marion is the birthplace of actor James Dean and cartoonist Jim Davis, and was the location of the wedding of actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett in 1993.^[5] Ronald Douglas Morrell Jr. is the city's first African American mayor and has been mayor since 2024.