Marion, Virginia Town of Marion, Virginia The Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Virginia.
The Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Virginia.
Official seal of Town of Marion, Virginia Marion is positioned in Virginia Marion - Marion Marion is a town in Smyth County, Virginia, United States. The populace was 5,968 at the 2010 census.
The town is titled for American Revolutionary War officer Francis Marion.
Marion is one of a several suburbs to be designated as an official Virginia Main Street Community and National Main Street Community.
The Lincoln Theatre, a meticulously renovated Art-Deco Mayan Revival-style performing arts center in Marion, is the home of the nationally syndicated bluegrass music program Song of the Mountains.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 4.2 square miles (10.7 km ), all of it land.
Marion is near Hungry Mother State Park.
Marion holds the state record low for the month of May at 15 degrees and the second lowest recorded April temperature in the state at 10.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 19.4% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $25,609, and the median income for a family was $34,257.
Marion College, a two-year Lutheran women's college, directed from 1873 to 1967.
Marion College, constructed in 1968 and titled in honor of Francis Marion, is a women's residence hall at Roanoke College.
Marion is known for being the place of birth of the soft drink Mountain Dew, but the initial drink was created in Knoxville, Tennessee. Although Mountain Dew was first marketed under that name in Knoxville, the initial soft drink's formula changed drastically from Knoxville's formula to the syrup mixture that constitutes today's drink.
The Mountain Dew flavor was reworked by Marion resident William H.
Due to the success of the amended formulation, the Pepsi Corporation purchased the Tip Corporation in 1964. Marion also hosted the Mountain Dew Festival for more than 50 years. In 1965, after graduating from Alvin High School, one of Major League Baseball's Hall of Famer pitchers, Nolan Ryan, signed a experienced baseball contract with the New York Mets, and was appointed to a minor league team in the Appalachian League called the Marion Mets (1965 1976) in Marion, Virginia.
Greer and Company, Henderson Building, Hotel Lincoln, Hungry Mother State Park Historic District, Lincoln Theatre, Marion Historic District, Marion Male Academy, Norfolk & Western Railway Depot, Preston House, and the Abijah Thomas House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sherwood Anderson (1876 1941), American author of the jubilated novel Winesburg, Ohio, is buried at Round Hill Cemetery in Marion.
Katherine Johnson (1918), physicist and mathematician who made contributions to the United States' aeronautics and space programs with the early application of digital electronic computers at NASA, taught in Marion following her college graduation.
Nolan Ryan, former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and a previous chief executive officer (CEO) of the Texas Rangers, played his rookie year in Marion in 1965.
Billy Wagner (1971) 15 year Major League Baseball relief pitcher "Billy the Kid" was born in Marion, VA where his father and uncles all played for the Marion Scarlet Hurricane's high school baseball team.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Marion has a marine west coast climate, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps. United States Enumeration Bureau.
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