With a likely area of 512 sq mi, Marion County was founded in 1817 and named in the honor of Francis Marion. Jasper is the county seat and the largest city of the county. The county has a total population of over 28.2K with marvelous combination of races including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others with more than 11.4K households and 8K families.

The Marion County records index is now a data repository with all details related to census data, real estate and property facts, immigration and naturalization specifics, American Civil War history, demise facts, marriage and divorce details, burial and cemetery details, origin and birth details, marriage volume number, land and estate data, war and enlistment data, civil court case lookups, last will or probate specifics, World War I and II information, obituary notice and the likes.