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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Union Parish (French: Paroisse de l'Union) is a parish (population 22,901 as of the 2005 census) located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Farmerville.
Union Parish is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Monroe–Bastrop Combined Statistical Area.
Located in far northern Louisiana next to the Arkansas state line, Union Parish is heavily Republican in most competitive elections, particularly at the presidential level. In 2012, Mitt Romney received 7,561 votes (70.2 percent) of the parish total to 3,075 (28.6 percent) for U.S. President Barack H. Obama.
History
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Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1839 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1840 | 1,838
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| 1850 | 8,203
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| 1860 | 10,389
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| 1870 | 11,685
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| 1880 | 13,526
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| 1890 | 17,304
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| 1900 | 18,520
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| 1910 | 20,451
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| 1920 | 19,621
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| 1930 | 20,731
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| 1940 | 20,943
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| 1950 | 19,141
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| 1960 | 17,624
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| 1970 | 18,447
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| 1980 | 21,167
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| 1990 | 20,690
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~launion
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