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History · Union Township

16% of Union Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Bridge in West Mead Township. Below: maps from 1923 on and the census since 2000.

1on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Union Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Union Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19235 editions of the USGS map, 1923 to 1990. Watch Union Township change.
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On the map

Union Township on the map, 1923 to 1990

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Union Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Union Township on the 1923 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1943 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1968 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1973 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1990 USGS map1923Meadville sheet · 1:62,500

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.

The story so far

Union Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Union Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Union Township is a township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 856 at the 2020 census, down from 1,010 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,010 to 857 (-15%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Union Township, 1862 to 1923

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1862Post officeThe Shaw's Landing post office opens
  3. 1892Post officeThe Shaw's Landing post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1923On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Union Township, decade by decade

Today7 recent
US 19 sb entering Greenwood Twp., Crawford Co, PA, June 20242024US 19 sb entering Greenwood Twp., Crawford Co, PA, Ju…I-79 nb in Union Twp., Crawford Co., PA, June 20242024I-79 nb in Union Twp., Crawford Co., PA, June 2024French Creek upstream from Shaws Landing, June 20242024French Creek upstream from Shaws Landing, June 2024Conneaut Outlet upstream from Shaws Landing, June 20242024Conneaut Outlet upstream from Shaws Landing, June 2024Conneaut Marsh Reservoir looking east from I-79, June 20242024Conneaut Marsh Reservoir looking east from I-79, June…Northbound along Interstate 79, Union Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania2019Northbound along Interstate 79, Union Township, Crawf…Union Township, Conneaut Marsh2009Union Township, Conneaut Marsh
On the National Register

1 historic place in Union Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1988
Bridge in West Mead Township
Bridge in West Mead Township
Structures
Bridge in West Mead TownshipStructure

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

People over time

Union Township, census by census

02004006008001,00020002020Peak: 1,049

Between 856 and 1,049 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Union Township’s Wikipedia page.

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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Sharon StoneAmerican actress · b. 1958
Charles Homer HaskinsAmerican historian · b. 1870
Frederic C. HoweAmerican social reformer, author, lawyer · b. 1867
Andrew Ryan McGillAmerican politician · b. 1840
Annie E. Kennedy BidwellAmerican pioneer, suffragist, botanist and bota… · b. 1839
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Amy Palmiero-WintersAmerican amputee distance runner · b. 1972
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Shaw's Landing, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Shaws Landing
Gone or out of use
Kebort SchoolschoolShafer Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Union Township
HuberKebortMount PleasantSaint Johns

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.

Fairfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWest Mead TownshipIts storyB−Greenwood TownshipIts storyB−East Fairfield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVernon TownshipIts storyC

Questions about Union Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Union Township?

One place: the Bridge in West Mead Township (listed 1988).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (7), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.