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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 located in the north central section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,721. The parish seat is Farmerville. The parish was created on March 13, 1839, from a section of Ouachita Parish. Its boundaries have changed four times since then (in 1845, 1846, 1867, and 1873, respectively).
Union Parish is part of the Monroe, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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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