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Welcome to Union City ...

Union City is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Union City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Union City is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Union City lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Union City and travel east, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Union City: 859

Communities Also Named Union City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Union City: This one is located in Madison County and the other is located in Edmonson County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 22 communities that are also named Union City - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas (6), Michigan, Missouri (2), New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Union City ...

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

  • Richmond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Winchester
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Berea
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Berea is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berea <3>
  • Stanton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Irvine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Clay City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Ravenna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • College Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • College Hill is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
  • Elliston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Elliston is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
  • Redhouse
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Redhouse is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhouse

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 Union City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Union City.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Union City. 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 Union City.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Union City ...

Looking for more information about Union City? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Union City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Union City.

Adding Union City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Union City in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Union City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Union City post office opened in 1876. The Union City post office closed in 1976.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Union City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/