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Counties: Grant County Grant County Area: 414 square miles Location: Central Indiana, bordered on the north by Huntington and Wabash counties, to the east by Blackford and Wells counties, to the south by Delaware and Madison counties, to the southwest by Tipton County, and to the west by Howard and Miami counties. Population: 73,403 (2000 Census) 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 15,788 18,487 23,618 31,493 54,693 51,426 51,353 51,066 55,813 62,156 75,741 83,955 80,934 74,169 73,403 Cities & Towns: Marion (county seat, 31,320, 25th largest city in the State); Gas City (5,940), Upland (3,803), Fairmount (2,992), Jonesboro (1,887), Swayzee (1,011), Van Buren (935), Sweetser (906), Matthews (595), Fowlerton (298) Named For: Two brothers, Samuel and Moses Grant, who were killed by Indians in southern Indiana during the late 1700s.