Places in East Marion Twp

Section 3 Franco was a mining camp on a RR line south of Pittsburg.

Section 4 Newton (village)

Section 6 Spillertown was first est in 1817 by Elijah Spiller. On the 1876 map, there is a coal mine. The village was not plated until Mar 1900 for Noah Payne.  The OVC & C coal mine was in town. Today about 250 people live there.

Section 18 Monroe was est in 1837 on the farm of Johnson Wren. He never promoted the area, so know one ever lived there. It was located where the Marion Jr High now stands. Marion was est in 1839 on land donated by William and Bethany Benson. The first lots were sold on 07 Nov 1839. The first court house was built by Gabriel Sanders in 1839 for $108. The 2nd court house was built by Robert Hundly in 1858 and it burnt in 1875. The 3rd court house was built by Charles E Brush in 1886.  The 1876 map shows Marion as covering sections 18 & 19. The City of Marion actually sits on the line between East and West Marion Townships, to avoid confusion, I am just putting all the Marion things here as the court house is in the East. It covers in the East sections 7, 18, 20 and 21, on the West side sections10-16, 23 and 24.

Section 20 Goodall's Bridge, there was a mill built here in the 1830's

Section 23 Moller Crossroads was 4 miles east of Marion on Rt 13. It was first est by George Zachariah in 1833, it was just one house which is gone today.

Section 27 Caplinger's Pond was est by the Caplinger Family, land entry in 1839.

Section 34 New Dennison was est by Charles H Dennison on land he gave to the RR to build a station.  Now there are just some house in the Ellis Community.