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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Union Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,148 at the 2010 census.

Union was established in 1735. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,148 to 3,076 (-2%). Half of its homes were built before 1984.

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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Tin Roof Union TWP Adams Co PACommonsTin Roof Union TWP Adams Co PA2010
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 Conewago Chapel in Conewago, 4 miles away.

Union and the nearest listed places

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Conewago ChapelPleasant Grove SchoolGeorge Nace (Neas) HouseUS Post Office-HanoverEichelberger High SchoolHanover Historic District

Closest to Union

Conewago ChapelConewago · Building4miPleasant Grove SchoolMount Joy · Building4.5miGeorge Nace (Neas) HouseHanover · Building4.5miUS Post Office-HanoverHanover · Building4.7miEichelberger High SchoolHanover · Building4.7mi

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. Conewago Chapel’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
📜 Littlestown📜 Conewago📜 McSherrystown📜 Germany

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