Marion County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the total population was 19,581. Its county seat is Lebanon. The county was founded in 1834 and named for Francis Marion, the American Revolutionary War hero known as the "Swamp Fox".
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.1%) is water.
Marion County was formed in 1834 from part of Washington County.
Marion County is Kentucky's most Catholic county. The first Catholic settlers in Kentucky came to Holy Cross in the western part of the county circa 1790. According to planar projection maps of Kentucky, Marion County includes the center of the state of Kentucky located 3 miles NNW of Lebanon just off KY 429. The actual physical center of Kentucky is disputed by surrounding counties and due to use of planar methods and projections used when the geographic centers of the United States were initially determined.
Adjacent counties
- Washington County (north)
- Boyle County (northeast)
- Casey County (southeast)
- Taylor County (south)
- LaRue County (southwest)
- Nelson County (northwest)
Demographics
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Elected officials
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| colspan="3" |Elected officials as of January 3, 2025
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! scope=row|U.S. House
| |James Comer (R)
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! scope=row|Ky. Senate
| |Jimmy Higdon (R)
| |14
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! scope=row|Ky. House
| |Michael Sarge Pollock (R)
| |51
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Education
All areas in Marion County are in the Marion County School District. The district's comprehensive high school is Marion County High School.
Lebanon has a lending library, the Marion County Public Library.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Marion County, Kentucky