Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Union (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Union. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Union is located in Tolland County .
To see how the shape of Connecticut's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tolland County : Hartford , New London , Windham , Hampden (MA) & Worcester (MA) .
Below are the counties that are near Union. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Union:
Tolland County (The home county of Union)
The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
Union (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Staffordville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Stafford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Stafford Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Stafford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Stafford is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Population from the 2020 Census: 11,834 people
East Willington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
East Willington is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Willington Willington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
State Line (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
State Line is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Mount Hope (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Mount Hope is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope South Willington (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Tolland (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Tolland is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland Population from the 2020 Census: 14,567 people
Crystal Lake (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Crystal Lake is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake Gurleyville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Gurleyville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurleyville Hartford County
The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
Enfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Enfield is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield Population from the 2020 Census: 43,559 people
Hazardville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Hazardville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazardville Mill Pond Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Mill Pond Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village Broad Brook (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
East Windsor (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
East Windsor is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor Population from the 2020 Census: 11,654 people
Sherwood Manor (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Sherwood Manor is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Manor Windsorville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Windsorville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsorville Lydallville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Lydallville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydallville Enfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Southwood Acres (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Southwood Acres is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Acres Manchester Green (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Manchester Green is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Green Thompsonville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Thompsonville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville Manchester (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Manchester is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Population from the 2020 Census: 57,362 people
New London County
The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
Liberty Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Liberty Hill is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Williams Crossing (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Williams Crossing is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing Hanover (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Lebanon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Lebanon is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Population from the 2020 Census: 7,112 people
Lebanon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
North Franklin (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Baltic (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Franklin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Franklin is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,914 people
Sprague (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Sprague is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague Population from the 2020 Census: 2,851 people
Franklin (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Jewett City (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Lisbon (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Lisbon is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Population from the 2020 Census: 4,238 people
Occum (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Occum is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occum Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
Westford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Westford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford Woodstock Valley (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
West Woodstock (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
West Woodstock is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Woodstock Woodstock (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Woodstock is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock Population from the 2020 Census: 7,834 people
Ashford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Population from the 2020 Census: 4,246 people
Eastford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Eastford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastford Population from the 2020 Census: 1,800 people
Eastford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Ashford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Warrenville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Warrenville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville East Woodstock (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Woodstock (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
West Ashford (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
West Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford South Woodstock (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Franklin County (MA)
Smiths ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Smiths is located in Franklin County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Hampden County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
Holland (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Holland is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
Wales (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Wales is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Population from the 2020 Census: 1,862 people
State Line (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
State Line is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Brimfield (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Brimfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield Population from the 2020 Census: 3,679 people
South Factory Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
South Factory Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Factory Village Monson (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Monson is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson Population from the 2020 Census: 8,750 people
West Brimfield (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
West Brimfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brimfield Tenneyville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Tenneyville is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenneyville Hampden (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Hampden is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Population from the 2020 Census: 5,154 people
Palmer (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Palmer is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Population from the 2020 Census: 12,174 people
Thorndike (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Thorndike is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorndike Three Rivers (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Three Rivers is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers Baptist Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Baptist Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village Hampshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
Bondsville (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Bondsville is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville Ware (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Ware is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware Population from the 2020 Census: 9,897 people
Belchertown (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Belchertown is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belchertown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,103 people
Enfield ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Enfield is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield Granby (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Granby is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Population from the 2020 Census: 6,262 people
South Hadley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
South Hadley is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hadley Population from the 2020 Census: 17,539 people
Pelham (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Pelham is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
South Amherst (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
South Amherst is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
Old Sturbridge Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Old Sturbridge Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sturbridge Village Globe Village (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Globe Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Southbridge (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Southbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 16,788 people
Fiskdale (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Fiskdale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiskdale Sturbridge (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Sturbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 9,561 people
Dudley (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Dudley is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley Population from the 2020 Census: 11,663 people
Tufts Village ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Tufts Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tufts Village Merino Village ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Merino Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merino Village Charlton City (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Charlton City is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton City Charlton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Charlton is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton Population from the 2020 Census: 13,698 people
Brookfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Brookfield is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Population from the 2020 Census: 3,439 people
Warren (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Warren is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 5,203 people
Charlton Depot (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Charlton Depot is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton Depot Kent County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
Rice City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Rice City is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice City Greene (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Greene is located in Kent County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Providence County (RI)
The following are listed by their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
West Glocester (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
West Glocester is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glocester Foster (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Foster is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Burrillville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Burrillville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrillville Population from the 2020 Census: 16,810 people
Pascoag (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Pascoag is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascoag Harrisville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Harrisville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville Chepachet (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Chepachet is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepachet Whipple (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Whipple is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple Foster (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Foster is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
Simmons Corner (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Simmons Corner is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Corner Glendale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Glendale is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Glocester (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Glocester is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glocester Population from the 2020 Census: 10,352 people
Chopmist (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Chopmist is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopmist Clayville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Clayville is located in Providence County (RI) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Union, see our County-by-County Page for Union .
Cemeteries Near Union ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Union.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Union - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Union covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
Rindge Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
North Ashford Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Swamp Burying Ground (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Westford Village Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Moose Meadow Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Westford Hill Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Barlow Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Bungee Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Old Stafford Street Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Sibley Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Old Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Marcy Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Continue List (470 more) ...
Hillside Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Stafford Street Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Trowbridge Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Union in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Union.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Union, with the one closest to Union listed first.
Union (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Mashapaug (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Mashapaug is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashapaug North Ashford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
North Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ashford Westford (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Westford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford Staffordville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Woodstock Valley (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Holland (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Holland is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
West Woodstock (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
West Woodstock is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Woodstock Wales (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Wales is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales Population from the 2020 Census: 1,862 people
Stafford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Stafford Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Eastford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (18 more) ...
Ellithorpe (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Ellithorpe is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellithorpe Willington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
East Willington (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
East Willington is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Willington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Union. See our List of 1890's Communities around Union .
Newspapers Published in Union ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Union.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Union, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Union.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Union:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Tolland County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Hartford County New London County Windham County Franklin County Hampden County Hampshire County Worcester County Kent County Providence County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Union. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . 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 Union, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Union) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.