Marion Township, Daviess County, Missouri

This township, with respect to the position of the other townships of the county, is bounded on the north by Benton and Grand River; on the east by Grand River; on the south by Jefferson, Liberty, and Union; on the west by DeKalb county. It lies principally in ranges twenty-eight and twenty-nine, in township sixty, and contains twenty-nine thousand two hundred and ninety-five and forty-one one-hundredths acres. In the spring of 1878 the township contained thirty-three thousand one hundred and thirty-five and forty-one one-hundredths acres, but six sections of 640 acres ,each were taken off of the northern part and. added to Benton, leaving the area as above given.