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Established in 1845, Marion County was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), author of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. Its county seat had been the headquarters for early navigation on Cypress Bayou and, from 1860, served as the county seat of Marion County. Before water transportation was superseded by railroads during the seventies, this city, in the midst of a prosperous plantation area, was the business center of northeast Texas.
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Jefferson, Texas · United States
