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Union County, Pennsylvania

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5newspaper titles

0digitized titles

18historic places

1815earliest paper

1813formed

42,681pop. 2020

11cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 5 newspaper titles published in Union County, Pennsylvania, with the earliest starting in 1815. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 18 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Lewisburg, Mifflinburg, New Berlin.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Union

Library of Congress

5 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The Advocate of Union	Mifflinburg	1815–1816
Anti-Masonic Star	New Berlin	1835–1838
The American Flag	New Berlin	1854–1857
The Advance	Kelly Crossroads	1900–1902
The Advertiser	Mifflinburg	1900–1999

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18101864191819722026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

13 of 18 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

18 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Buffalo Presbyterian Church	Lewisburg	Building	1976
Chamberlin Iron Front Building	Lewisburg	Building	1979
Factory Bridge	White Deer	Structure	1980
Griffey, Benjamin, House	Allenwood	Building	1978
Halfway Lake Dam	Lewisburg	Structure	1987
Hassenplug Bridge	Mifflinburg	Structure	1980
Hayes Bridge	Mifflinburg	Structure	1980
Heiss, William A., House and Buggy Shop	Mifflinburg	Building	1979
Lewisburg Armory	Lewisburg	Building	1991
Lewisburg Historic District	Lewisburg	District	2004
Mifflinburg Historic District	Mifflinburg	District	1980
Millmont Red Bridge	Millmont	Structure	1980
New Berlin Presbyterian Church	New Berlin	Building	1972
Old Union County Courthouse	New Berlin	Building	1972
Packwood House-American Hotel	Lewisburg	Building	1978
Reading Railroad Freight Station	Lewisburg	Building	1992
Slifer House	Lewisburg	Building	1975
Spangler, George Christian and Anna Catherine, Farm	Mifflinburg	Building	2016

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Union was formed in 1813 (1813-11-01) from Northumberland.

UNION created from NORTHUMBERLAND.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Union County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
18,619	22,787	14,145	16,905	17,592	15,850	20,247	23,150	25,646	32,870	41,624	42,681

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

11 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ebenezer Cemetery	40.92339	-76.89565
Hartleton Cemetery	40.89994	-77.16704
Highland Cemetery	41.03693	-76.87278
Lantz Cemetery	40.95068	-76.93998
Lewis Cemetery	40.89048	-77.0644
Long Cemetery	40.91284	-77.04436
Mazeppa Union Cemetery West	40.98582	-76.98947
Mazeppa Union Church Cemetery East	40.98598	-76.98842
Old Cedar Cemetery	40.89005	-77.1254
Stoltzfus Cemetery	40.97803	-76.95508
Washington Presbyterian Church Cemetery	41.12529	-76.93712

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Alvira	41.13425	-76.95524

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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