Incorporation of the Town of Union, Kentucky


Union, Kentucky


     In 1838 the Town of Union was incorporated. 1   The same year the Union Literary Society was also authorized by the Legislature.2   In 1839 a Justice of the Peace was authorized for Union by the Kentucky Legislature.3

1 Acts of the Kentucky Legislature, 17 Jan 1838, Chapter 580.
2 Ibid. 1 Feb 1838, Chapter 669.
3 Ibid. 2 Feb 1839, Chapter 1362.


Map of the Area in 1839


Source:    Paul Tanner, Acts of the Kentucky General Assembly Affecting Boone County Residents, 1798-1890, Frankfort: Privately Published, 1996.
Contrast the information found here:    Incorporation.


Union Kentucky History