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Welcome to Little Union ...

Little Union is located in Marion County<1>.

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

Little Union is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Little Union lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Little Union: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Little Union ...

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

  • Quincy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Quincy is located in Adams County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,589 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quincy <4>
  • Hannibal
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Palmyra
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Monroe City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • La Grange
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewistown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Ewing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Rensselaer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rensselaer is located in Ralls County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
  • Hunnewell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunnewell is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
  • Bethel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Union ...

Looking for more information about Little Union? 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 Little Union, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Little Union.

Adding Little Union to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Little 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 (so far) for Little Union was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Little Union post office opened in 1876. The Little Union post office closed in 1886.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little Union - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Little Union area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Little Union area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/