2 places in town are on the National Register, among them the Namur Belgian-American District, a National Historic Landmark, and a historic district with 184 buildings. Below: maps from 1952 on and old-book passages.
In 1865 a portion of the Town of Brussels, was set off, under the name of the Town of Union. The people in the Town of Union have, as a general thing, been united in their public matters, and have "pulled together" hence the petitioners considered "Union" an appropriate name for the town.
Chaudoir's Dock was an important shipping and working dock within the town. The state authorized the Chaudoir brothers to build and maintain a dock and pier into the bay in 1874. In 1944 the dock was sold to the county in the interest in keeping the dock open to the public.
The Town of Union, Door County, Wisconsin is the most Belgian American community in the United States, by proportion of residents.
Passages that mention Union, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Soldiers and citizens' album of biographical record [of Wisconsin] containing personal sketches of army men and citizens prominent in loyalty to the Union. Also a chronological and statistical history of the civil war and a history of the Grand Army of th1890Read the page →
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Sept. 6. — The advance of Lee's army reached Frederick, Md.— At Washington, N. C, the Union garrison was surprised and the attacking party was driven out, the Union loss being eight killed and 36 wounded, and the rebel lo.ss being five times as great. During the engagement, the magazine of a Union gunboat exploded, killing and wounding 18. — In an action
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Soldiers and citizens' album of biographical record [of Wisconsin] containing personal sketches of army men and citizens prominent in loyalty to the Union. Also a chronological and statistical history of the civil war and a history of the Grand Army of th1890Read the page →
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Sept. 10.— At Fayette C. H., W. Va., 5,000 rebels attacked the Union garrison, who cut their way through and escaped, losing 100 in killed and wounded.— Gauley Bridge, Va., was evacuated by the Union troops. — The gunboat Essex bombarded Natchez in retaliation for having ])een fired into and the city surrendered.
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Timeline
Union, 1872 to 1990
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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 →
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