Marysville

City and seat of Yuba County, north-central California; population (1990) 12,300. Marysville stands in the Sacramento Valley at the confluence of the Yuba River with the Feather River, opposite Yuba City and 64 km/40 mi north of Sacramento.

Marysville was a supply base for the Californian gold rush of 1849–56, when it marked the furthest navigable point on the Feather River. Nowadays it is a marketing and distribution centre for a fruit-growing area. The city is the site of Yuba College (founded 1927). To the east, Beale Air Force Base, where reconnaissance aircraft are stationed, is a major employer.

Marysville

City and seat of Union County, central Ohio, 43 km/27 mi northwest of Columbus; population (1990) 9,700. Situated at a main highway junction, Marysville serves as the market centre for a region of livestock and arable farms.

Marysville is the site of a large Honda car plant. Other local manufactures include brass products, plastics, dairy goods, and lumber. The Ohio State Reformatory for Women is located here.

Marysville

City in Snohomish County, northwestern Washington State; population (1990) 10,300. Marysville lies 5 km/3 mi north-northeast of Everett and north of the mouth of the Snohomish River.

An agricultural centre that was settled in the 1880s, Marysville has boatbuilding, other wood-related, and dairy industries, and is a residential suburb. To the west, on Puget Sound, is the Tulalip Indian Reservation (area 91 sq km/35 sq mi; population 7,100), which was established in 1909.