Golf in Marion

Marion is the Crittenden County seat in far western Kentucky's Purchase region, a small community near the Ohio River with historic ties to the lead mining that once supported the regional economy. Crittenden County's agricultural economy and its western Kentucky position create a community with closer cultural ties to southern Illinois and western Tennessee than to the Bluegrass heartland. The county maintains its agricultural service functions and county government infrastructure in one of Kentucky's more remote western communities. The county seat's role as a commercial and governmental hub ensures that recreational infrastructure like golf courses receives the community investment appropriate to an anchor institution for the surrounding region.