Welcome to Union ...

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

We've added Union to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Union, please Contact Us.

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

The location of 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 Union, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1909.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Union is 2,890 feet [881 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Union is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Union was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Union once stood is in the (406) area code.

Communities Also Named Union ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 121 communities that are also named Union - they are located in Alabama (10), Arizona, Arkansas (5), California (3), Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (10), Illinois (5), Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (5), Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (6), Missouri (3), Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey (3), New Mexico, New York (3), North Carolina (5), North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Oklahoma (3), Ontario (4), Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (4), Tennessee (6), Texas (9), Utah, Virginia (2), Washington (2), West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin (3).

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

Communities near Union ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Union.

• Lindsay
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
  • Lindsay is located in Dawson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindsay <5>
• Circle
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle
  • Circle is located in McCone County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Circle <5>
• Brockway
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
  • Brockway is located in McCone County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brockway <5>
• Bloomfield
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
  • Bloomfield is located in Dawson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomfield <5>
• Redwater ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
  • Redwater is located in McCone County
• Fallon
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fallon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
  • Fallon is located in Prairie County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fallon <5>
• West Glendive
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Glendive have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glendive
  • West Glendive is located in Dawson County
• Terry
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
  • Terry is located in Prairie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terry <5>
• Glendive
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendive
  • Glendive is located in Dawson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,878 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glendive <5>

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

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

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

Adding Union to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of 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 Union was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Union post office opened in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Union.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/