Editing Union, Kentucky

{{Distinguish|Union County, Kentucky}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Union, Kentucky
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities in Kentucky|City]]
| image_blank_emblem = 
| nickname           = 
| motto              = Proud Past, Promising Future!
| image_skyline      = File:Union, KY welcome sign.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = 
| image_flag         = Flag of Union, Kentucky.svg
| image_seal         = 
<!-- Maps -->
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| mapsize            = 260px
| map_caption        = Location of Union in Boone County, Kentucky.
| pushpin_map        = Kentucky
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kentucky

<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Kentucky]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Kentucky|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Boone County, Kentucky|Boone]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = Commission
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Larry King Solomon
| leader_title1      = Commissioners
| leader_name1       = John Mefford, Jeremy Ramage, Doug Bine, Brian Garner

City Administrator      - Amy Safran
| established_date   = 1838/1969

<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_21.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 18, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 8.99
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 3.47
| area_land_sq_mi    = 3.47
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00

<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 7416
| population_density_km2 = 824.50
| population_density_sq_mi = 2135.33
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| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 902
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 41091
| area_code          = [[Area code 859|859]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 21-78384
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2405624<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2405624}}</ref>
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Interstate Highway System|Interstates]]
| blank_info_sec2    = [[File:I-71 (KY).svg|25px|link=Interstate 71 in Kentucky]][[File:I-75 (KY 1957).svg|25px|link=Interstate 75 in Kentucky]]
| website            = [http://www.cityofunionky.org/ www.cityofunionky.org]
| footnotes          = 
| blank2_name_sec2   = [[U.S. Routes]]
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| blank3_name_sec2   = [[State highways in Kentucky|State Routes]]
| blank3_info_sec2   = [[File:Elongated circle 237.svg|25px|link=Kentucky Route 237]][[File:Elongated circle 536.svg|25px|link=Kentucky Route 536]][[File:Elongated circle 2953.svg|25px|link=Kentucky Route 2953]]
| name               = 
| pop_est_as_of      = 2022
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| population_est     = 7592
}}

'''<span lang="Malaysia" dir="ltr">Union</span>''' is a [[List of cities in Kentucky|home-rule-class city]] in [[Boone County, Kentucky|Boone County]], [[Kentucky]], United States. The population was 7,416 {{As of|2020|4|1|alt=as of the [[2020 United States census]]}}. The area was rural until residential growth in the 1990s and 2000s. Union is located {{convert|17|mi}} southwest of [[Cincinnati|Cincinnati, Ohio]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Cincinnati,+OH/Union,+KY/@39.0256466,-84.641907,12z/am=t/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x884051b1de3821f9:0x69fb7e8be4c09317!2m2!1d-84.5120196!2d39.1031182!1m5!1m1!1s0x8841c6b58f4cc305:0xbf3fc2837f50cede!2m2!1d-84.680501!2d38.9458951|title = Cincinnati to Union}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.2|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.

The city of Union has a defined city boundary, which does not include all of the addresses defined as Union by the United States Postal Service. Some nearby communities, including Triple Crown Country Club, Cool Springs and Brigadoon, have Union addresses but are not part of the incorporated city and are in unincorporated Boone County.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2010, there were 5,379 people, 1,661 households, and 1,471 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|894.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,739 housing units at an average density of {{convert|271.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 91.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.0% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.8% of the population.
{{US Census population
|align=left| 1920 = 100
| 1930 = 94
| 1970 = 233
| 1980 = 601
| 1990 = 1001
| 2000 = 2893
| 2010 = 5379
| 2020 = 7416
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 7592
| estref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
There were 850 households, out of which 62.9% included children under the age of 18. 85.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 7.8% were non-families. 5.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.40 and the average family size was 3.55.

In the city, the population age ranges included 37.6% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 35.9% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 2.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $85,454, and the median income for a family was $85,859 (2009 estimates indicate a rise to $97,083 and $98,672, respectively). Males had a median income of $61,531 versus $34,861 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $27,626. About 1.4% of families and 1.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.1% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.

== Government ==
[[File:Union-Kentucky-govt-building.jpg|alt=Union KY city building|left|thumb|Union, Kentucky City Building on Bristow Dr.]]

Administration of city functions is separated into departments by ordinance, and each of these departments is placed under the supervision of one of the city commissioners unless the city has created the position of city administrative officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityofunionky.org/city-commission/|title=City of Union, KY {{!}} City Commission|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-31}}</ref>

Emergency medical treatment and transportation, fire suppression, rescue, and many other emergency and non-emergency services in the city are provided by the [[Union Fire Protection District]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unionky911.org/about.html|title=Union Fire Protection District|website=www.unionky911.org|access-date=2019-12-31}}</ref> operating under Fire Chief Aaron Gruelle.

Law enforcement in the city is performed by the [[Boone County Sheriff's Office (Kentucky)|Boone County Sheriff's Office]], which employs nearly 200 sworn deputies and 80 deputies assigned to Patrol and Traffic Divisions and is led by Sheriff Michael A Helmig.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boonecountykysheriff.com/about/|title=About – Boone County Kentucky Sheriff|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-31}}</ref>

On July 8, 2022, Union Mayor Larry Solomon was joined by Boone County Judge-Executive Gary Moore and officials from Cincinnati Children's Hospital to break ground on Union Promenade, a $150 million Live/Work/Place concept co-developed by T.J. Ackermann of Thomas J. Ackermann Company, Inc., and Ralph Meierjohan of Meierjohan Building Group.

[[File:Union Promenade Cincy Childrens foto by Andy Hemmer.jpg|thumb|alt=Union Promenade groundbreaking Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center foto by Andy Hemmer|Union Promenade groundbreaking Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center]]

== Neighborhoods ==

[[Image:Cincinnati-suburbs-tract-housing.jpg|thumb|Tract housing near Union|alt=]]
* Ballyshannon
* Cedarwood
* Hampshire Estates
* Harmony
* Hawks Landing
*[[Hempsteade Neighborhood|Hempsteade]]
* Indian Hill
* Ivy Pond
* Lassing Green
* Orleans
* Orleans North
* Russwill
* Sycamore
* Whispering Trail
* Union Bluff
* Union Station
* Triple Crown
*Traemore
*Arbor Springs
*Westbrook
*Cool Springs

== Education ==
[[File:Boone County Public Library - Scheben Branch.jpg|thumb|upright|Boone County Public Library - Scheben Branch]]

=== Schools and libraries ===
The City of Union is home to six public schools, all part of [[Boone County Schools]]:

Elementary School:

* Longbranch Elementary
* New Haven Elementary
* Shirley Mann Elementary

<br>
Middle School:

* Ballyshannon Middle School
* Gray Middle School

<br>
High School:
*[[Randall K. Cooper High School|Cooper High School]]
* [[Ryle High School|Larry A. Ryle High School]]

Union has a [[public library]], Scheben Branch, which is an installation of the Boone County Public Library system.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111202017/https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 January 2019 | title=Kentucky Public Library Directory | publisher=Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>

== Transportation ==
[[File:Sign for US42 US127.jpg|thumb|US 42/US 127 at the KY 536 Junction]]

=== Roadways and freeways ===
The city of Union is served by two US Highways ([[U.S. Route 42|US 42]] and [[U.S. Route 127|US 127]]) and three Kentucky Routes ([[Kentucky Route 237|237]], [[Kentucky Route 536|536]], and 2953). Concurrent Interstates [[Interstate 71|71]]/[[Interstate 75 in Kentucky|75]] connect the city directly to Cincinnati (northbound) and Lexington/Louisville (southbound).

=== Airports ===
Air travel is provided by the [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport]]. It is less than 20 miles away via Interstates 71/75 and [[Interstate 275 (Ohio–Indiana–Kentucky)|Interstate 275]].

==Notable people==
* [[Steve Flesch]] (golfer)
* [[Josh Hutcherson]] (actor)
* [[Paul Marcotte]] (businessman and politician)
* [[Tanner Morgan]] (football player)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cityofunionky.org/ Official Homepage]

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[[Category:Cities in Boone County, Kentucky]]
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