Wednesday, January 28, 2009

City of the Day - Marion, IA

Marion is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States. The population was 26,294 at the 2000 census and was estimated at 32,172 in 2007. The city is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. Marion is located at 42°2?16?N 91°35?35?W? / ?42.03778, -91.59306 (42.037649, -91.592925). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.0 square miles (31.1 km²), all of it land. The town was named after Francis Marion, a hero of the Revolutionary War. The site was selected in 1839 to be the first county seat of the newly-organized Linn County, Iowa. After years of debate over moving the county seat to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, it was put to a vote in 1919. The vote was 9,960 in favor of moving the seat and 4,823 not in favor. As of the census of 2000, there were 26,294 people, 10,458 households, and 7,174 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,192.1 people per square mile (846.0/km²).

You can view all Marion, IA water companies here.

You can view all Iowa water departments here.

Water News

An Environmental Working Group analysis of tap water tests from 1998 through 2003 shows that customers of Marion Municipal Water Department drank water containing up to 14 pollutants. Marion Municipal Water Department is one of 65,000 water suppliers across the country wrestling with treating water polluted by sprawl, sewage, factory farms, and industry.

If you need information on Time Warner Cable, go to www.repaircable.com.

No comments: