Ready to enter Salem's territories? Coming to Marion County will give you the chance to visit Salem City (county seat), which is not related to the witch hunting tales, but we assure you that you will find plenty of things to visit and do in this land birthplace of William Jennings Bryan, home of the Badollet House, and served by St. Theresa of Avilia school. This county was named for Gen. Francis Marion known as "Swamp Fox", with an estimated population of 40560 people residing on its approximately 570 square miles of extension. Fayette County is located north to this territory, Clinton and Washington Counties are in the western wing of this land; which also shares frontiers with Clay, Wayne, Jefferson, and Washington Counties.

Michael McHaney and Dennis Middendorff