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The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 38 newspaper titles published in Union County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. 2 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Marysville, Irwin, North Lewisburg.
Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.
| Title | Place | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Milford Center Ohioan | Milford Center | 1800–1945 |
| Our Freedom, and Union County Advertiser | Marysville | 1839–1839 |
| The Union Star | Marysville | 1839–1841 |
| Union Gazette | Marysville, Bellefontaine | 1841–1844 |
| The Union Journal | Marysville | 1843–1843 |
| The Argus | Marysville | 1844–1844 |
| The Argus, and Union County Advertiser | Marysville | 1844–1849 |
| The Eaglet | Marysville | 1845–1846 |
| The Marysville Tribune | Marysville | 1849–1939 |
| The Union Press | Marysville | 1858–1863 |
| Union County Democrat | Marysville | 1863–1864 |
| The Richwood Gazette | Richwood | 1872–1908 |
| The Plain City Press | Plain City, Plain City | 1873–1878 |
| Marysville Journal | Marysville | 1874–1875 |
| The Union County Journal Digitized | Marysville | 1875–1951 |
| The Union County Journal Digitized | Marysville | 1875–? |
| Darby Plains Sentinel | Plain City, Plain City | 1878–1879 |
| The Daily Fair Journal | Marysville | 1878–1899 |
| Marysville Daily Tribune | Marysville | 1880–1899 |
| Richwood Reporter | Richwood | 1882–1889 |
| Marysville Times | Marysville | 1885–1999 |
| Union County Wochenblatt | Marysville | 1886–1999 |
| The Ohioan | Milford Center | 1888–1899 |
| Plain City Advocate | Plain City, Plain City | 1894–1944 |
| Marysville Evening Reporter | Marysville | 1897–1999 |
| The Evening Tribune | Marysville | 1898–1951 |
| The Marysville Republican | Marysville | 1908–1908 |
| The Richwood Gazette and the Marysville Republican | Marysville | 1908–1912 |
| The Richwood Gazette and the Marysville Republican | Richwood | 1908–1912 |
| The Marysville Republican | Marysville | 1912–1913 |
| The Richwood Gazette | Richwood | 1912–? |
| Evening Journal-Tribune | Marysville | 1951–1958 |
| Plain City Advocate | Plain City, Plain City | 1952–? |
| The Journal-Tribune | Marysville | 1958–1972 |
| The Dublin Forum | Dublin, Dublin, Dublin | 1970–1984 |
| Marysville Journal-Tribune | Marysville | 1972–? |
| Dublin Villager | Dublin, Dublin, Dublin | 1978–? |
| The Forum | Dublin, Dublin, Dublin | 1984–? |
Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.
Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.
Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in Union. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.
“Second in the county was Paul Edward Snyder of Liberty Local Who answered of the ques tions correctly Another Rich wood pupil Marilyn Kay Payne placed third with of total of pupils took the test Those…”
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“UTSl Xtw Is MstwaS Hill wfn VOLUME NO Police to Seize Air Rifles Here Veteran of Philippine Campaign well known resident of Mil ford Center is veteran of one of the most bitterly contested but least…”
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“Lmutw FinlitsM VOLUME LXXI NO Check Cars Now Sheriff Pleads Good News for the Home Owner Scott and Sons Com pany Marysville revealed today the development and commercial availability of revolutionary…”
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6 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.
| Property | City | Listed |
|---|---|---|
| Ellis Mounds | Marysville | 1974 |
| Elmwood Place | Irwin | 1979 |
| Fort, The | North Lewisburg | 1982 |
| Gilcrist House | Marysville | 1976 |
| Harmon Building-Ohio Reformatory for Women | Marysville | 2021 |
| Henderson, Dr. David W., House | Marysville | 2001 |
| Marysville Historic District | Marysville | 1978 |
| Marysville Light and Water Company Plant | Marysville | 2025 |
| Oakdale Cemetery Historic District | Marysville | 2024 |
| Partridge, Reuben L. House | Marysville | 2021 |
| Reed Covered Bridge | Marysville | 1975 |
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.
Union was formed in 1820 (1820-04-01) from Delaware, Franklin, Logan, Madison.
UNION created from DELAWARE, FRANKLIN, LOGAN, MADISON, Non-County Area 5 attached to DELAWARE, and Non-County Area 9 attached to LOGAN.
Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Union County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).
| 1820 | 1840 | 1860 | 1880 | 1900 | 1920 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,996 | 8,422 | 16,507 | 22,375 | 22,342 | 20,918 | 20,012 | 20,687 | 22,853 | 29,536 | 40,909 | 62,784 |
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.
47 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
| Name |
|---|
| Amerine Cemetery |
| Asbury Cemetery |
| Baughn Cemetery |
| Blues Creek Cemetery |
| Bouic Cemetery |
| Broadway Cemetery |
| Broderick Cemetery |
| Buck Run Cemetery |
| Burnside Cemetery |
| Buxton Cemetery |
| Byhalia Cemetery |
| Cheney Cemetery |
| Claiborne Cemetery |
| Clark Cemetery |
| Connor Cemetery |
| East York Cemetery |
| Ford Cemetery |
| Hamilton Cemetery |
| Hamilton Cemetery |
| Hopewell Cemetery |
| Jerome Township Number 1 Cemetery |
| Jerome Township Number 2 Cemetery |
| Maple Dell Cemetery |
| Maskill Cemetery |
| McDonald Cemetery |
| Milford Center Cemetery |
| Mount Herman Cemetery |
| Mount Zion Cemetery |
| New California Cemetery |
| New Darby Cemetery |
| New Mill Creek Cemetery |
| Oakdale Cemetery |
| Old Darby Cemetery |
| Price Cemetery |
| Quaker Cemetery |
| Raymond Cemetery |
| Robinson Cemetery |
| Saint Johns Cemetery |
| Saint Johns Cemetery |
| Scott Cemetery |
| Sommersville Cemetery |
| Southard Cemetery |
| Stony Point Cemetery |
| Trinity Cemetery |
| Watkins Cemetery |
| Woods Cemetery |
| York Center Cemetery |
| Name |
|---|
| Haynesville |
| Taylor Centre |
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
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