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History · Union Township

22% of Union Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1924 on and the census since 1850.

0on the National Register
22%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 19244 editions of the USGS map, 1924 to 1981. Watch Union Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Union Township’s history is told.

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On the map

Union Township on the map, 1924 to 1981

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 1924 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1944 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1969 USGS mapUnion Township on the 1981 USGS map1924Brookville 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 Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 849 at the 2020 census. The name was derived from the term applied to the country of the United States.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 855 in 2010, 844 in 2020.

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

By decade

Union Township, decade by decade

Today4 recent
US 322 eb in Roseville, PA, June 20242024US 322 eb in Roseville, PA, June 2024I-80 wb in Union Township, Jefferson County, PA, June 20242024I-80 wb in Union Township, Jefferson County, PA, June…Union Township farmhouse on 3222015Union Township farmhouse on 322Map of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Union Township2008Map of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Highlighting Un…Map
People over time

Union Township, census by census

02004006008001850190019502000Peak: 855

Between 511 and 855 people in every census since 1850.

18 censuses, 1850–2020.

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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Albert C. ThompsonLawyer, judge and politician · b. 1842
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DeVeren BookwalterAmerican actor · b. 1939
Nathan Leroy StrongAmerican politician · b. 1859
Samuel Alfred CraigUnion United States Army officer · b. 1839
Summers Melville JackAmerican politician · b. 1852
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Andy HastingsAmerican football player · b. 1893
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Hamlets and corners on the map
Roseville
Gone or out of use
Mill Creek Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Union Township
Pine GroveRoseville Bethel

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.

Eldred TownshipIts storyC+CorsicaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMillcreek TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRose TownshipIts storyBClarion 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 Wikimedia Commons (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.