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From Wikipedia’s history of Union.
Union Township was organized in 1830. It was likely named in commemoration of the federal union of the United States.
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History · Union
Union’s history is mostly unwritten
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1 historic place in Union
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first listed
1973
Mounds State Park
in Indiana
#288
by listings
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