Marion Oregon Map

About Marion, Oregon

Marion is a locality in Marion County, Oregon, United States. It is a small community with a population of 307. The population density is 103.3 people per km². Marion is located at 44.7512°N, 122.9277°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 97392.

Marion remains a quiet expanse of fertile soil where Marion Creek carves a persistent, silver path through the landscape. It lies 11.2 miles northeast of Albany, OR (from Albany, OR: bearing 46°T), and is situated 8.1 miles west-southwest of Stayton. The terrain unfolds in soft, rhythmic swells that bridge the gap between the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Coast Range and the expansive, flat reaches of Independence Prairie. To the north, the water of Wil-Lyn Reservoir catches the amber light of late afternoon, mirroring the shifting clouds in its stillness. Nearby, the raw, unrefined edges of Wiseman Island/Undeveloped offer a sanctuary of tangled brush and quiet earth, standing in contrast to the orderly rows of crops that define the surrounding fields. The air here holds a crisp, earthen weight, smelling of damp soil and the lingering coolness that settles after the sun slips behind the horizon.

Agriculture forms the pulse of Marion, where generations have worked the heavy, dark loam to sustain the rhythm of the seasons. History here is written in the furrow of a plow and the maintenance of old timber structures that have weathered the damp winters and warm, golden summers. While the Adair Tract State Forest waits eighteen miles away as a deep green promise of wilderness, the local economy leans into the quiet productivity of the land, favoring the steady work of husbandry and harvest. Life in Marion moves with a deliberate, unadorned grace, defined by the sound of wind moving through tall grasses and the steady, low-frequency hum of a rural existence that values the continuity of the fields above the clamor of the modern world.

About This Marion Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Marion, Oregon. Coordinates: 44.75125, -122.927723. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Marion includes the ZIP code (97392), telephone area code (503, 971), county seat of Marion County (Salem), and school district assignment (Cascade School District 5).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.