Union Mills, Indiana

Union Mills, Indiana
Unincorporated community Census designated place
Business district of Union Mills.
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Coordinates: 41°29′39″N86°46′43″W / 41.49417°N 86.77861°W / 41.49417; -86.77861 [1]
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	LaPorte
Township	Noble
Elevation [1]	725 ft (221 m)
ZIP code	46382
FIPS code	18-77804 [2]
GNIS feature ID	2830447 [1]

Union Mills is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Noble Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.

History

Joseph Wheaton, one of the earliest settlers, came to the Mill Creek in 1832 and laid out a small village. The gristmill was built on Mill Creek was built in 1836 by Sylvanus Everts. Everts named the mill "Union Mills" and Wheaton's village followed to be known as Union Mills. In 1838 the village had only five log houses. A general store opened in 1840. The construction of three rail lines near Union Mills stimulated growth. ^[3]

Union Mills was platted in 1849, but there had been a settlement at the site for some time prior. ^[4] The community took its name from a gristmill constructed in the 1830s. ^[5]

Education

Union Mills has a public library, a branch of the LaPorte County Public Library. ^[6]

Union Mills has a public school, South Central, not to be confused for another school called South Central in Elizabeth, Indiana, that provides education from Kindergarten through 12th grade.

Demographics

ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA)

Since its founding in 1832, Union Mills has grown to about 2,000 people using the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA), in which it lays. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1880	238	—
1990	3,000	+1160.5%
2000	1,990	−33.7%
2010	2,108	+5.9%
2020	2,094	−0.7%
2023	1,839	−12.2%

Census designated place

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2023 (est.)	159	[10]

The United States Census Bureau defined Union Mills as a census designated place in the 2022 American Community Survey ^[11] which does not include more expansive area under ZCTA 46382.

Notable people

• Ed Hanyzewski, baseball player
• Glen Rosenbaum, baseball player and coach

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Union Mills, Indiana
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. La Porte County Interim Report, Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory; Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana and the Indian Department of Natural Resources; Indianapolis, Indiana; March 1898
4. History of La Porte County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Townships. C. C. Chapman & Co. 1880. pp.  810.
5. Daniels, E. D. (1904). A twentieth century history and biographical record of La Porte County, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Co. p. 106.
6. "Union Mills Branch". LaPorte County Public Library. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
7. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov.
8. "Union Mills, IN Household Income, Population & Demographics | Point2".
9. "Zip 46382 (Union Mills, IN) People".
10. "B03002 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – Union Mills CDP – 2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
11. "2022 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.