Union Parish, Louisiana

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Union Parish, Louisiana
Parish
Parish of Union
Union Parish Courthouse IMG 3859.JPG
Union Parish Courthouse in Farmerville
Map of Louisiana highlighting Union Parish.svg
Location within the U.S. state of Louisiana
Louisiana in United States.svg
Louisiana's location within the U.S.
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
StateFlag of Louisiana.svg  Louisiana
Region North Louisiana
FoundedMarch 13, 1839
Named for Union of American states
Parish seat (and largest town) Farmerville
Area
 • Total2,340 km2 (905 sq mi)
 • Land2,270 km2 (877 sq mi)
 • Water70 km2 (28 sq mi)
 • percentage7.9 km2 (3.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total21,107
 • Density9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 318
Congressional district 4th
Lake D'Arbonne west of Farmerville. Lake D'Arbonne west of Farmerville IMG 3865.JPG
Lake D'Arbonne west of Farmerville.
Union General Hospital in Farmerville. Union General Hospital in Farmerville IMG 3864.JPG
Union General Hospital in Farmerville.

Union Parish (French: Paroisse de l'Union) is a parish located in the north central section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,107. [1] The parish seat is Farmerville. [2] The parish was created on March 13, 1839, from a section of Ouachita Parish. Its boundaries have changed four times since then (in 1845, 1846, 1867, and 1873, respectively). [3]

Contents

Union Parish is part of the Monroe, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 905 square miles (2,340 km2), of which 877 square miles (2,270 km2) is land and 28 square miles (73 km2) (3.1%) is water. [4]

Geographically north central Louisiana, Union Parish more closely resembles Lincoln Parish, to which Union is deeply tied culturally, politically, and educationally.[ citation needed ] Union Parish, along with Lincoln Parish to the southwest and Union County, Arkansas to the north, form the eastern boundary of the Ark-La-Tex region.

Major highways

Adjacent parishes and counties

National protected areas

Communities

Towns

Villages

Unincorporated communities

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1840 1,838—
1850 8,203346.3%
1860 10,38926.6%
1870 11,68512.5%
1880 13,52615.8%
1890 17,30427.9%
1900 18,5207.0%
1910 20,45110.4%
1920 19,621−4.1%
1930 20,7315.7%
1940 20,9431.0%
1950 19,141−8.6%
1960 17,624−7.9%
1970 18,4474.7%
1980 21,16714.7%
1990 20,690−2.3%
2000 22,80310.2%
2010 22,721−0.4%
2020 21,107−7.1%
U.S. Decennial Census [6]
1790-1960 [7] 1900-1990 [8]
1990-2000 [9] 2010 [10]
Union Parish racial composition as of 2020 [11]
RaceNumberPercentage
White (non-Hispanic)14,28967.7%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)4,98023.59%
Native American 590.28%
Asian 380.18%
Pacific Islander 60.03%
Other/Mixed 6002.84%
Hispanic or Latino 1,1355.38%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 21,107 people, 7,582 households, and 4,899 families residing in the parish.

Politics

Located in far northern Louisiana next to the Arkansas state line, Union Parish is heavily Republican in most competitive elections, particularly at the presidential level, last voting for a Democratic presidential nominee in 1952 when Adlai Stevenson received 52% of the vote. In the most recent election in 2020, incumbent President Donald Trump received 8,407 votes (75.1 percent) of the parish total to 2,654 (23.7 percent) for former Vice President Joe Biden. [12]

United States presidential election results for Union Parish, Louisiana [13]
Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies)
No. %No. %No. %
2020 8,40775.06%2,65423.69%1401.25%
2016 7,97273.18%2,69124.70%2312.12%
2012 7,56170.23%3,07528.56%1301.21%
2008 7,61970.10%3,10328.55%1461.34%
2004 7,45769.57%3,08928.82%1721.60%
2000 5,77261.78%3,20534.30%3663.92%
1996 4,41846.30%4,26044.64%8659.06%
1992 4,43444.04%4,00539.78%1,63016.19%
1988 5,90062.97%3,21034.26%2592.76%
1984 6,58567.73%2,91629.99%2222.28%
1980 5,13055.77%3,84141.76%2272.47%
1976 4,13952.36%3,60045.54%1662.10%
1972 4,32270.20%1,46523.79%3706.01%
1968 1,11316.50%1,33619.80%4,29763.70%
1964 4,53479.70%1,15520.30%00.00%
1960 2,01749.64%1,03425.45%1,01224.91%
1956 1,38440.49%87825.69%1,15633.82%
1952 1,89447.96%2,05552.04%00.00%
1948 2599.07%72425.35%1,87365.58%
1944 80331.27%1,76568.73%00.00%
1940 37111.55%2,84288.45%00.00%
1936 27213.27%1,77886.73%00.00%
1932 582.48%2,28597.52%00.00%
1928 42227.97%1,08571.90%20.13%
1924 70.79%87599.09%10.11%
1920 987.43%1,22192.57%00.00%
1916 221.95%1,10697.96%10.09%
1912 111.39%69687.66%8710.96%

School

Residents are assigned to Union Parish Public Schools.

Law enforcement

Union Parish Sheriff's Office
New Union Parish Sheriff's Office Logo.png
AbbreviationUPSO
MottoService Before Self
Agency overview
Formed1839
Jurisdictional structure
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Farmerville, Louisiana
Agency executive
Website
http://www.unionsheriff.com/

The Union Parish Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency of Union Parish, Louisiana. It is headquartered in Farmerville. The current[ as of? ] Sheriff of Union Parish is Dusty Gates, who was first sworn as the sheriff following long time Sheriff Bob Buckley's death in September 2013. [14]

Border monument

In 1931, a monument was erected at the Union Parish border with Union County, Arkansas. In 1975, State Representative Louise B. Johnson passed a law to refurbish the monument. The completed restoration was unveiled in 2009. [15]

Notable people

Two Louisiana governors came from the Shiloh Community in Union Parish:

Two Arkansas governors were natives of Union Parish:

Other Union Parish residents have included:

See also

Sources

Many facts concerning events in early Union Parish history come from the conveyance, probate, and lawsuit records on file in the Union Parish courthouse, as well as records of the United States Land Offices available in the National Archives. Other sources include:

1) Williams, E. Russ, Jr., Spanish Poste d’Ouachita: The Ouachita Valley in Colonial Louisiana 1783–1804, and Early American Statehood, 1804–1820, Williams Genealogical Publications, Monroe, LA, 1995.

2) Williams, E. Russ, Jr., Encyclopedia of Individuals and Founding Families of the Ouachita Valley of Louisiana From 1785 to 1850: Organized into Family Groups with Miscellaneous Materials on Historical Events, Places, and Other Important Topics, Part Oe A – K, Williams Genealogical and Historical Publications, Monroe, LA, 1996.

3) Williams, E. Russ, Jr., Encyclopedia of Individuals and Founding Families of the Ouachita Valley of Louisiana From 1785 to 1850: Organized into Family Groups with Miscellaneous Materials on Historical Events, Places, and Other Important Topics, Part Two L – O, Williams Genealogical and Historical Publications, Monroe, LA, 1997.

4) Williams, Max Harrison, Union Parish (Louisiana) Historical Records: Police Jury Minutes, 1839–1846, D’Arbonne Research and Publishing Co., Farmerville, LA, 1993.

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