History · Union Township

Union Township’s history is mostly unwritten

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Union Township

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National Historic Landmarks

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historic buildings protected

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first listed

1995

St. Paul's Union Church and Cemetery

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Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Early 19th-Century1

Federal1

St. Paul's Union Church and CemeteryEarly 19th-Century · Built 1842

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map

FerndaleKrebsPattersonville

2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Union Township

HetheringtonSaint Paul's Union Church

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

East Union TownshipIts story North Union TownshipIts story Roaring Creek TownshipIts story West Mahanoy TownshipIts story

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From the National Register of Historic Places (1) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.