Marion County (Indiana)
Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana in the United States. The main town of Indianapolis, occupies most of the area of the county.
History
Marion County was founded in 1822 and is named after Francis Marion, a general in the American Revolutionary War, named.
Most places in the county have now been incorporated into the city of Indianapolis. My Places are today: Speedway, Southport, Beech Grove and Lawrence.
Historical buildings
- In Indianapolis is the historic Ralph Waldo Emerson Indianapolis Public School # 58 The school building is on North Linwood Street at number 321, and was accepted as a historical monument with the number 04,001,309 on December 6, 2004 by the National Register of Historic Places.
- At the Shelbyville Road on number 6551, in Indianapolis is the historic Anderson Thompson House.
- The Lockefield Gardens can be found at the Indiana Avenue (NRHP ID 83000133 ).
Demography
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 living in Marion County 860 454 inhabitants; there were registered 352 164 households and 213 411 families. The racial the population was made up of 70.49 percent White, 24.17 percent Black or African American, 0.25 Native American, 1.43 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 1.98 percent from other races,; 1.64 percent were descended from two or more races. 3.87 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.