 Marmaduke was incorporated on August 2, 1909, and, by 1914, had expanded to include two drugstores, three banks, three restaurants, a Methodist and a Southern Baptist church, two barber shops, a hotel, a boarding house, and two dime stores.The primary employers at the time were a sawmill, a lumber mill, a stave mill, and large and cut timber distributors.Current industry includes the Anchor plastics company and the American Railcar Company.