Union, Missouri | |
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 Location of Perry County | |
| Coordinates: 37°38′26″N89°42′54″W / 37.64046°N 89.71498°W [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Perry |
| Area | |
| • Land | 45.6 [2] sq mi (118.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| GNIS Feature ID | 767158 |
Union is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Union Township is named after Uniontown, Missouri. The town's original name, Paitzdorf, was changed during the American Civil War in response to Union soldiers encamped nearby. [3]
The area of Union Township was originally under the authority of the New Bourbon District, which was one of two districts formed by the French colonial administration of Upper Louisiana (New France). Authority passed from French to Spanish colonial administration when the colony was handed over to Spain in 1762. The French colonials in Ste. Genevieve were continuously harassed by Osage Indians to the south. Looking to stop the harassment and raids, the Spanish authorities in the 1790s invited Shawnee and Delaware Indians from Indiana and Ohio to immigrate and settle in the area around Apple Creek to act as a buffer against Osage raids. The Shawnee and Delaware established a number of villages around Apple Creek, with Le Grand Village Sauvage or "Big Village" as it was known to the Americans, being one of the largest. American harassment and encroachment on Shawnee and Delaware lands caused tensions and the eventual removal of the Shawnee and Delaware from the region. [4] [5]
Some of the earliest Europeans to put down roots in the area were English and Scotch-Irish Methodist settlers from North Carolina who settled in the Longtown area in 1821. Among the earliest families were the Abernathys, Farrars, and Rutledgers. [6] These settlers were part of a large exodus from the Piedmont region of North Carolina following the War of 1812. [7] [8] The settlement was initially known as the "Abernathy Settlement". It is not clear why the name changed to Longtown. [9] Later, in 1840 the village of Paitzdorf (Uniontown) was founded by members of the German Saxon Lutheran immigration. The King's Road (French: Le Chemin du Roi, Spanish: El Camino Real), runs through the township linking Perryville, Missouri to Jackson, Missouri. [10]
Union Township was organized between 1870 and 1890.
Union Township covers an area of 45.6 square miles (118.2km2) and contains one incorporated village: Longtown and the unincorporated villages of: Apple Creek and Uniontown. [11]
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,067 people living in the township. The racial makeup of the town was 98.50% White, 0.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, and 0.80% from other races. [12]
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,062 people living in the township. The population density was 23 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 98.50% White, 0.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1% Black, 0.7% Asian, and 0.5% from other races. [12] [13]
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) records 33 townships named Union in various counties of Missouri.
Perry County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,956. Its county seat is Perryville. The county was officially organized on November 16, 1820 from Ste. Genevieve County and was named after Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval hero of the War of 1812.
Longtown is a village in Union Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 90 at the 2020 census.
Old Appleton is a village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 73 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Mine La Motte is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Madison County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately six miles north of Fredericktown.
Brazeau is an unincorporated community in southeastern Perry County, Missouri, United States.
Fenwick Settlement is an abandoned village in Perry County, Missouri, United States. The community was named after the Fenwick family, who were early settlers on the left bank of the Mississippi River in the Spanish Illinois Country.
St. Marys is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Bois Brûlé is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
The Bois Brule Bottom is an alluvial floodplain in Bois Brule Township in Perry County, Missouri stretching between Bois Brule Creek to the west and the Mississippi River to the east.
New Bourbon is an abandoned village located in Ste. Genevieve Township in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States. New Bourbon is located approximately two and one-half miles south of Ste. Genevieve.
Le Grand Village Sauvage, also called Chalacasa, was a Native American village located near Old Appleton in Perry County, Missouri, United States.
La Saline is an abandoned village located in Beauvais Township in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri, United States. La Saline is located approximately six miles south of Sainte Genevieve.
Central Township is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, United States.
Saline Township is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
Le Grand Champ is an alluvial floodplain, also called a bottom, extending along the Mississippi River in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri.
Cinque Hommes Creek is a tributary of the Mississippi River flowing through Perry County, Missouri.
Apple Creek is a stream that rises in western Perry County, Missouri and empties into the Mississippi River, forming the boundary between Perry and Cape Girardeau counties.
River aux Vases is a creek that rises in Union Township in western Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri and flows into the Mississippi River about two miles north of St. Marys, Missouri.
York Chapel is a former United Methodist Church in Longtown, Missouri.
The Perry County Courthouse is a government building for Perry County that lies on the main square in Perryville, Missouri, United States.
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