The Iowa flag was created by Dixie Cornell Gebhardt from Knoxville.
Sprint Cars are associated with racing at the Knoxville Raceway.
Lake Red Rock is located on the Des Moines River.
Bos Landen means "land of woods."
Central College is the only institution for higher education located within Marion County.
Over 500 coal mines once operated in Marion County.
The "Pella" tulip is yellow in color.
The town of Pleasantville shares its name with a major motion picture released in 1998.
Marion County resident and former Iowa governor, William Stone, was at Ford's Theatre the evening President Abraham Lincoln was shot.
The Knoxville Raceway has 52 VIP boxes.
There are 29,969 red bricks in the base of the Vermeer Mill.
The Vermeer Mill is 135 feet tall.
Marion County has been honored as the Iowa Tourism County of the Year 5 times since 1996.
The original design for the Iowa flag is on display in the Marion County Courthouse in Knoxville.
Molengracht means "canal by the windmill."
The Lake Red Rock dam was completed in 1969.
The town of Melcher-Dallas turned their old miner's hall into a museum.
The Pella Tulip Time Festival began in 1935.
Elk Rock Park provides equestrian camping and trails.
Marion County was first settled in 1843.
Dutch immigrants first settled in Pella during 1847.
The boyhood home of Wyatt Earp is located within the Pella Historical Village.
Volksweg means "people's path."
An 1852 Stage Coach Inn is located within the Marion County Historical Village in Knoxville.
Between 1843 and 1845, settlers where not allowed west of the Red Rock Line.
Over 60,000 Dutch letters are sold in Pella during the annual Pella Tulip Time Festival.