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Union’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Union. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Union Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 United States Census reported 3,140 people living in the township.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,085 people in 2010, 3,140 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1986.

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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Union, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Map of Clinton County Ohio Highlighting Union TownshipMapMap of Clinton County Ohio Highlighting Union Township2015
National Register of Historic Places

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 Main Building School in Wilmington, 3.4 miles away.

Union and the nearest listed places

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Main Building SchoolWilmington Commercial Historic DistrictRombach PlaceSouth South Street Historic DistrictCollege Hall, Wilmington CollegeDoan House

Closest to Union

Main Building SchoolWilmington · Building3.4miWilmington Commercial Historic DistrictWilmington · District3.4miRombach PlaceWilmington · Built 18313.4miSouth South Street Historic DistrictWilmington · District3.7miCollege Hall, Wilmington CollegeWilmington · Building3.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Main Building School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Union?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Union’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Liberty📜 Wilmington📜 Chester📜 Adams

From Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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