Place:Union, Indiana, United States

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NameUnion
Alt namesUnionsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates39.633°N 84.917°W
Located inIndiana, United States     (1821 - )
See alsoFayette, Indiana, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Franklin, Indiana, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Wayne, Indiana, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Drook Cemetery
Woods Chapel Cemetery
Inhabited place
Billingsville
Brownsville
Charlottesville
Clifton
Contreras
Cottage Grove
Dunlapsville
Five Points
Four Mile
Goodwins Corner
Hopeville
Kitchel
Liberty
Lotus
Philomath
Roseburg
Salem
West College Corner
Witts Station
Yankee Town
Township
Center
Harmony
Unknown
College Corner
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Union County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States census, the population was 7,516. The county seat is Liberty.

Since 2018, Union County has been included in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located on the Indiana-Ohio border.

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History

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The future state of Indiana was first regulated by passage of the Northwest Ordinance in 1787. In 1790 the Territory was divided into two counties, with Knox covering much of present-day Indiana. In 1810, a portion of Knox was partitioned to create Wayne County; in 1811 a portion further south was partitioned to create Franklin. The area between those two counties was partitioned in 1818 to create Fayette; by the 1820s the eastern part of Fayette County was populated sufficiently to warrant separate representation. Thus on 5 January 1821 the state legislature authorized the creation of Union County, with areas ceded from Wayne County, Fayette County and Franklin County. The organization of the new county's governing structure began on 1 February 1821.


It was so named because it united parts of Fayette, Franklin and Wayne counties. The first settlers were from Laurens District, South Carolina. John Templeton was the first settler to enter land at the Cincinnati land office in what would become Harmony Township, Union County Indiana. The first county seat was Brownsville, a small community on the East Fork of the Whitewater River. The seat was moved in 1824 to Liberty, a central location. The primary industry of Union County was and is farming.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1821 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1821 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1821 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1821 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1830 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1830 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
1830 7,944
1840 8,017
1850 6,944
1860 7,109
1870 6,341
1880 7,673
1890 7,006
1900 6,748
1910 6,260
1920 6,021
1930 5,880
1940 6,017
1950 6,412
1960 6,457
1970 6,582
1980 6,860
1990 6,976
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Union County, Indiana, United States

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Research Tips

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~inunion

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