Union County, Tennessee

Date: 23 Jan 1856 [unknown]
Location: Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Tennessee Appalachia

Welcome to the Union County, Tennessee Project!

Contents 1 Project Purpose 1.1 How to Join the Tennessee Project 1.2 How to Join the Appalachia Project 2 List of Things to Do 3 Union County History 3.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 3.2 Union County Notables 4 Geography 4.1 Adjacent counties 5 Government Offices 6 Resources and Records 6.1 On WikiTree 6.2 On the Internet 7 Communities 7.1 Cities 7.2 Unincorporated Communities 7.3 Ghost Town 8 See also 9 Sources

Project Purpose

The purpose of this sub-project is to have a foundation for all things genealogy, and more, relating to Union County, Tennessee.

How to Join the Tennessee Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add (Tennessee) and (us_history) to your G2G tag feed.

How to Join the Appalachia Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add Appalachia to your G2G tag feed.

List of Things to Do

1. Add the county category to applicable profiles
2. Ensure Union County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Union County profiles to the one tree
4. Add genealogy resources to this page

Union County History

After a delay of 6 years, Union County was formed on January 23, 1856. It's territory was taken from parts of Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, and Knox counties.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Union County Notables

Geography

Union County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennessee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Union County is also part of the Central Region of Appalachia.

Adjacent counties

• Claiborne County - north
• Grainger County - east
• Knox County - south
• Anderson County - southwest
• Campbell County - northwest

Government Offices

• Union County Website

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Union County Cemeteries

On the Internet

• Union County Genealogy on FamilySearch
• Union County Genealogy Fact Sheets
• Union County Genealogy Trails
• Union County USGenWeb
• Union County USGenWeb Archives

Communities

Cities

• Luttrell
• Maynardville - county seat
• Plainview

Unincorporated Communities

• Alder Springs
• Braden
• Sharps Chapel

Ghost Town

• Loyston

See also

Union County on Wikipedia

Sources