Marion

Marion is a Virginia historical marker in in Marion, Smyth County, dedicated 1941.

Rte. 11, west of Church St., in Marion

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The community center here was known as Royal Oak, home of Arthur Campbell, frontiersman. The place became the county seat when Smyth County was formed and was named for Francis Marion, Revolutionary hero. It was incorporated in 1832; the courthouse was built in 1834; the railroad came in 1856. A cavalry action was fought here, December 1864, in Stoneman's raid.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1818 · Map of Virginia, 1818 (lower left sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1830 · A. Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord Amerika (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Kentucky (Finley, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1846 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1846) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

A. Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord Amerika, 1830, covering the location of Marion, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — A. Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord Amerika, 1830, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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