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Marion County
Organized in 1822
Named for Francis Marion
The Capital Commission, meeting near what would become the junction of the National Road and White River, identified the location as the site for the new state capital in 1822. Alexander Ralston and Elias P. Fordham, influenced by Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the designer of the city plan for Washington, DC, laid out the new capital city, Indianapolis. |