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. If you can help us with West Union, please Contact Us.

West Union would have been located within present day Custer County<2>.

The location of West Union has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Union, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

A typical abbreviation for West Union: W. Union

While the community is gone, the present day location for West Union is 2,350 feet [716 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of West Union is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

If West Union still existed, it would have been in the (308) 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, Missouri, 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.

Communities near West Union ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Union.

• Broken Bow
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Bow
  • Broken Bow is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,437 people
  • Broken Bow has also been known as:
  • Brokenbow
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broken Bow <5>
• Burwell
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell
  • Burwell is located in Garfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,162 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burwell <5>
• Sargent
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
  • Sargent is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sargent <5>
• Merna
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merna
  • Merna is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merna <5>
• Taylor
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Taylor is located in Loup County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <5>
• Comstock
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
  • Comstock is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comstock <5>
• Gates
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
  • Gates is located in Custer County
• Almeria
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almeria
  • Almeria is located in Loup County
• Weissert
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weissert
  • Weissert is located in Custer County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weissert <5>
• Wescott
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wescott
  • Wescott is located in Custer County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around West Union. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Union.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Union. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Union.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Union. See our Newspapers Page for West Union.

Adding West Union to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Union in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for West Union was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the West Union post office opened in 1879.

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 Custer County: www.co.custer.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/