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History · Union Township

50% of Union Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1985 on and old-book passages.

0on the National Register
50%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Union Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Union Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Union Township’s homes were built before 1951.
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The story

How Union Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Union Township.

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Union Township was first settled in the spring of 1835. Union Township was organized in 1837.

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From the old history books

What they wrote about Union Township in 1887

Passages that mention Union Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.

Perrysbitnt- Presbyterian Church. — The histor\- of Presbvterianism in Union Township dates from about the vear 1849, at which time Rev. Andrew C. McClelland, then stationed at Peru, visited the village and began holding meetings in the neighboring school house and the residence of Hamilton Simonto…
History of Miami County, Indiana, from the earliest time to the present1887 · page 789Read the page →
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Perrysbitnt- Presbyterian Church. — The histor\- of Presbvterianism in Union Township dates from about the vear 1849, at which time Rev. Andrew C. McClelland, then stationed at Peru, visited the village and began holding meetings in the neighboring school house and the residence of Hamilton Simonton. These services finally culminated into an organization, of which the following persons were earh members, to-wit: Luc\ Leach (now Mrs. Cline), John Leach, Hamilton Simonton, Anna

Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.

Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Union Township, 1838 to 1985

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1838Post officeThe Perryburg post office opens
  3. 1870Post officeThe Deedsville post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1907Post officeThe Perryburg post office closes
  6. 1985On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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No old photos in the archives yet

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On the map

Union Township on the map in 1985

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Union Township.

Union Township on the 1985 USGS map1985Logansport sheet · 1:100,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Union Township.

Famous people

Famous people close to Union Township

Nobody well known was born in Union Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Nicole AndersonAmerican actress · b. 1990
Elmo LincolnAmerican film actor · b. 1889
Lola LaneAmerican actress · b. 1906
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John ChamberlainAmerican artist · b. 1927
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Gene DeWeeseAmerican writer · b. 1934
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Ruel Vance ChurchillAmerican mathematician · b. 1899
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Perryburg, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Perryburg
1838–1907
Deedsville
1870–today
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
DeedsvillePerrysburg
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Union Township
Independent Order of Odd FellowsMount Zion

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Adams TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJefferson TownshipIts storyB+Allen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.