Marion Township, Hardin County, Ohio
township in Hardin County, Ohio
Marion Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,301.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Liberty Township - north
Washington Township - northeast corner
Cessna Township - east
McDonald Township - southeast
Roundhead Township - south
Wayne Township, Auglaize County - southwest corner
Auglaize Township, Allen County - west
Jackson Township, Allen County - northwest corner
Two villages are located in Marion Township: Alger in the northwest, and McGuffey in the east.
Name and history
Marion Township was organized in 1856, and named for Francis Marion, an army officer during the American Revolutionary War. It is one of twelve Marion Townships statewide.
Government
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Marion Township, Hardin County, Ohio” is township in Hardin County, Ohio. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Marion, Township and Hardin, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “township in Hardin County, Ohio” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q933260. VIAF identifies the subject as 132747146. The Library of Congress control number is n2007031575. Authority coordinates are 40.697, -83.823. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 1856.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Marion Township, Hardin County, Ohio”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Marion Township, Hardin County, Ohio primary sources, Marion Township, Hardin County, Ohio archive and Marion research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Marion Township, Hardin County, Ohio”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Marion Township, Hardin County, Ohio” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.