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About Union County
Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 238,267. Its county seat is Monroe. Union County is included in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
Union County at a glance
- County seat
- Monroe
- Population
- 238,267 (2020)
- Land area
- 640 sq mi
- Founded
- 1842
Communities
Largest communities in Union County
- Indian Trail39,997
- Monroe county seat34,562
- Mint Hill26,450
- Waxhaw20,534
- Weddington13,181
History of Union County
The county was formed in 1842 from parts of Anson County and Mecklenburg County. Its name was a compromise between Whigs, who wanted to name the new county for Henry Clay, and Democrats, who wanted to name it for Andrew Jackson. The Helms, Starnes, McRorie, and Belk families were prominent in the town as well as Monroe and Charlotte. Most of these families came from Goose Creek Township. Eventually, the state would come to acquire a Clay County and a Jackson County, too. Monroe, the county seat of Union County, also became a focal point during the Civil Rights Movement. In 1958, local NAACP Chapter President Robert F. Williams defended a 9-year-old African American boy who had been kissed by a white girl in an incident known as the Kissing Case.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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