Union (Ky.)

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Title

Union (Ky.)

Description

In the central part of Boone County, the Aylor, Fowler, Stansifers and Steers families were among those contributing to the early settlement of the Union area along Fowler's Branch of Gunpowder Creek. In c. 1817 Benjamin Piatt Fowler built a magnificent stone house on part of his father's 5000 acres and, in 1818, Revolutionary War veteran Hugh Steers (buried on the eighteenth green of today's Lassing Pointe Golf Course), donated land for the Bethel Baptist Church on Frogtown Road.
The town of Union developed at the crossroads of the Covington-Louisville Road and the Gaines Old Stand-Visalia Road and was designated a United States Post Office in 1830.

Before date

1830

Identifier

USGS GNIS Feature ID: 505762

Political division

Union Precinct (Boone County, Ky.)

Related resource

The official website of Union, Kentucky
Browse photographs and resources about Union
VIDEO: "The History of the Union, Kentucky", presented by Bruce Ferguson, 2004 (part 1)
VIDEO: "The History of the Union, Kentucky", presented by Bruce Ferguson, 2004 (part 2)
VIDEO: "The History of the Union, Kentucky", presented by Bruce Ferguson, 2004 (part 3)
VIDEO: "The History of the Union, Kentucky", presented by Bruce Ferguson, 2004 (part 4)

Latitude

38.94765873

Longitude

-84.66982628

Target coordinates

700973.857 m
4313311.086 m

Source

Atlas of Boone, Kenton and Campbell Counties, Kentucky; An
Geographic Names Information System

Item sets

Cities and towns--Kentucky--Boone County
Union, looking north from U.S. Highway 42 and Mt. Zion Road

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Associated Locale
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Aylor family Resided in Organization
Fowler family Resided in Organization
Stansifer family Resided in Organization
Steers family Resided in Organization