The grounds lie partly in Charlevoix Township and partly in Marion Township, in Charlevoix County, Michigan.
It was named after the former town of Marion which in turn was named after Francis Marion.
The township was probably named for Francis Marion, a general in the American Revolutionary War who was also known as the Swamp Fox.
Marion was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 22, 1838, from portions of Hopewell Township.
township | Marion | Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | Union Township, Union County, New Jersey | Clinton Township | Union Township | Aboite Township, Allen County, Indiana | West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio | Wayne Township, Allen County, Indiana | Springfield Township | Marion Davies | Insein Township | Warren Township | Township | Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey | Marion County, Florida | Franklin Township | Francis Marion | Clinton Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota | Stillwater Township, Washington County, Minnesota | Stillwater Township | Spring Garden Township, York County, Pennsylvania | Spring Garden Township | Morse Township | Marion Zimmer Bradley | Marion, Ohio | Jackson Township | Hamilton Township | Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio | Fayal Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota |
Hessen Cassel is an unincorporated town in Marion Township, Allen County, Indiana, named for the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel in Germany.
Rensselaer is a city located along the Iroquois River in Marion Township, Jasper County, Indiana, United States.
Cassella, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Marion Township, Mercer County, United States