Editing Union County, Ohio (section)

====Infrastructure====
The county lacked transportation infrastructure until 1812, when the first known highway named Post Road was constructed across the southern portion of the county. In 1844, the legislature by act created a free turnpike that ran from Columbus to Bellefontaine, passing through Marysville, originally costing $230,000. This road eventually became what is known as U.S. Route 33 today. In 1853, the Marysville and Essex Plank Road Company was organized and constructed a road from Marysville north, through Pharisburg. The company sold capital stock for $30,000, and this road today is known as State Rt. 4. By 1915, the county had built {{convert|705|mi|km}} of roadways, the most of any county in the state for its size.<ref name="History of Union County">[http://contentdm.photohio.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmpl_his1915&CISOPTR=3602&REC=1&CISOBOX=alder History of Union County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727173915/http://contentdm.photohio.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmpl_his1915&CISOPTR=3602&REC=1&CISOBOX=alder |date=July 27, 2011 }}, p.139</ref>
[[File:Richwood.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Richwood]]
By the late 19th century and into the 20th century, the county began developing its electricity infrastructure. By 1915, electricity lines ran from Magnetic Springs to Richwood.<ref name="History of Union County"/>

The county's first railroad was constructed between 1850 and 1854, a line that ran from Springfield to Delaware and crossed through the county in Milford Center, Marysville, Irwin, and Dover. A railroad called the New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio line was chartered in 1851 and would eventually run through Union County with station points at Richwood, Woodland, Claibourne, Pottersburg, Broadway, and Peoria. The Columbus and Bellefontaine railroad was incorporated in 1878 and had station points in the county at Marysville. The Toledo and Central railroad ran from Columbus north through the county, with station points at Marysville, Peoria, and Raymond.<ref>[http://contentdm.photohio.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmpl_his1915&CISOPTR=3602&REC=1&CISOBOX=alder History of Union County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727173915/http://contentdm.photohio.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmpl_his1915&CISOPTR=3602&REC=1&CISOBOX=alder |date=July 27, 2011 }}, p.140</ref>

The first telegraph line was completed in 1859, which connected Marysville with the world via Springfield.<ref>[http://contentdm.photohio.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmpl_his1915&CISOPTR=3602&REC=1&CISOBOX=alder History of Union County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727173915/http://contentdm.photohio.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmpl_his1915&CISOPTR=3602&REC=1&CISOBOX=alder |date=July 27, 2011 }}, p. 141</ref>