The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusUnion Township is one of fifteen townships in Effingham County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 755 and it contained 320 housing units.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 742 people in 2010, 755 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1977.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Union yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Union’s history is told.
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Union, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Union is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Union has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Heart Theater in Effingham, 11.2 miles away.
