Welcome to West Union ...

So far, we found very little information about West Union. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added West Union to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of West Union - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with West Union, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of West Union , we believe that it would have been located within present day Cass County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Union, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

A typical abbreviation for West Union: W. Union

Time Zone: The area where West Union was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where West Union once stood is in the (816) area code.

Communities Also Named West Union ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named West Union - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (3), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, Ohio (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (2) and West Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Union.

Adding West Union to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned West Union was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the West Union post office opened in 1871.

We also found West Union in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Union.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Cass County: www.casscounty.com/

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about West Union, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Cass, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/