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:''Not to be confused with Marion County, Indiana.'' Marion is a city in Grant County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,948 as of the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Grant County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 It is named for Francis Marion, a Brigadier General from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War. The city is the home of Indiana Wesleyan University, the largest evangelical Christian university in the Midwest and largest private university in Indiana- if including online and regional campuses in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. The traditional campus enrolls approximately 2800 students. Since 2003, former Olympic skater Wayne Seybold has been Marion's mayor. Marion is also noted for being the birthplace of legendary actor James Dean, and famed cartoonist Jim Davis, though James Dean and Jim Davis were raised in nearby Fairmount. It was also the location of the wedding of actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett in 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State of Their Union )〕 The city is also the site of the infamous lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith. ==Geography== Marion is located at (40.549140, -85.664681), along the Mississinewa River. According to the 2010 census, Marion has a total area of , of which (or 99.47%) is land and (or 0.53%) is water.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marion, Indiana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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