Editing Union City, Tennessee

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Union City, Tennessee
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| nickname                 = UC
| motto                    = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline            = Obion County Courthouse front.jpg
| imagesize                = 300px
| image_caption            = Obion County Courthouse
| image_flag               = Flag of Union City, Tennessee.png
| image_seal               = 
| image_blank_emblem       = Logo of Union City, Tennessee.png
| blank_emblem_type        = Logo
<!-- Maps -->
| image_map                = File:Obion County Tennessee Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Union City Highlighted 4775940.svg
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location of Union City in Obion County, Tennessee.
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| map_caption1             = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Tennessee]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Tennessee|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Obion County, Tennessee|Obion]]

<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Terry Hailey
| leader_title1            = 
| leader_name1             = 
| established_title        = Established
| established_date         = 1854<ref name=nrhp>Judi McIntyre, {{NRHP url|id=64500623|title=Historical and Architectural Resources of Union City, Obion County, Tennessee}}, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, October 1998, Sec. E, pg. 1.  Retrieved: February 26, 2013.</ref>
| established_title2       = Incorporated
| established_date2        = 1867<ref>''[http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/05-06/48-data.pdf Tennessee Blue Book]'', 2005-2006, pp. 618-625.</ref>
| named_for                = Local railroad junction<ref name=nrhp />

<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='47'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 31.38
| area_land_km2            = 31.36
| area_water_km2           = 0.02
| area_total_sq_mi         = 12.12
| area_land_sq_mi          = 12.11
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
| population_total         = 11170
| population_density_km2   = 356.18
| population_density_sq_mi = 922.53

<!-- General information -->| timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = CDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_m              = 103
| elevation_ft             = 338
| coordinates              = {{coord|36|25|28|N|89|3|3|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code              = 38261 & 38281
| area_code                = [[Area code 731|731]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 47-75940<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 1273213<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1273213}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|http://www.unioncitytn.gov}}
| footnotes                = 
| pop_est_as_of            = 
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}}
'''Union City''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Obion County, Tennessee]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> 11,170 people were living in the town as of the 2020 census. It is the principal urban settlement of the surrounding micropolitan area, which includes Obion County and [[Fulton County, Kentucky]]. Union City is home to [[Discovery Park of America]] which is a museum with many exhibits pertaining to local history, as well as state, national, and world history, science, technology, and art.

== Etymology ==
[[File:Tennessee - Union City - NARA - 68149015 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Union City in 1922]]
In 1852, General George Gibbs gave Union City its name because of its location at the junction or "union" of two railroads, the Nashville/Northwestern Railroad (Hickman, KY) and the Mobile, Alabama/Ohio Railroad.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021|title=Union City - About Us|url=https://www.unioncitytn.gov/uc-info.html|access-date=September 13, 2021|website=Union City Tennessee}}</ref>

==Geography==
Union City is located at {{Coord|36|25|28|N|89|3|3|W|type:city}} (36.424395, −89.050850).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|10.7|sqmi|km2}}, all land. The mayor, appointed by his fellow city councilors since 1988, is Terry Hailey.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mayor & City Council|url=http://unioncitytn.gov/council.html|publisher=Union City|access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref>

===Climate===
Under the Köppen climate classification system, Union City has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa''). 
{{Weather box
|location = Union City, Tennessee (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1895–present)
|single line = Y
|width = auto
|Jan record high F = 78
|Feb record high F = 81
|Mar record high F = 91
|Apr record high F = 93
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 106
|Jul record high F = 109
|Aug record high F = 111
|Sep record high F = 108
|Oct record high F = 99
|Nov record high F = 86
|Dec record high F = 78
|year record high F = 111
|Jan high F = 44.5
|Feb high F = 49.2
|Mar high F = 58.6
|Apr high F = 69.3
|May high F = 78.1
|Jun high F = 85.9
|Jul high F = 88.4
|Aug high F = 88.0
|Sep high F = 82.5
|Oct high F = 71.8
|Nov high F = 58.5
|Dec high F = 48.0
|year high F = 68.6
|Jan mean F = 35.7
|Feb mean F = 39.4
|Mar mean F = 48.0
|Apr mean F = 57.9
|May mean F = 67.7
|Jun mean F = 75.8
|Jul mean F = 78.5
|Aug mean F = 76.9
|Sep mean F = 70.3
|Oct mean F = 58.9
|Nov mean F = 47.4
|Dec mean F = 39.0
|year mean F = 58.0
|Jan low F = 26.9
|Feb low F = 29.6
|Mar low F = 37.4
|Apr low F = 46.5
|May low F = 57.3
|Jun low F = 65.7
|Jul low F = 68.6
|Aug low F = 65.8
|Sep low F = 58.1
|Oct low F = 46.0
|Nov low F = 36.3
|Dec low F = 30.0
|year low F = 47.4
|Jan record low F = -22
|Feb record low F = −19
|Mar record low F = -7
|Apr record low F = 22
|May record low F = 32
|Jun record low F = 43
|Jul record low F = 45
|Aug record low F = 44
|Sep record low F = 33
|Oct record low F = 15
|Nov record low F = 1
|Dec record low F = −13
|year record low F = -22
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 3.97
|Feb precipitation inch = 4.64
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.23
|Apr precipitation inch = 5.22
|May precipitation inch = 5.56
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.41
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.05
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.34
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.81
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.96
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.43
|Dec precipitation inch = 5.17
|year precipitation inch = 53.79
|Jan snow inch = 2.1
|Feb snow inch = 1.7
|Mar snow inch = 1.0
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.1
|Nov snow inch = 0.2
|Dec snow inch = 0.7
|year snow inch = 5.8
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 12.1
|Feb precipitation days = 10.7
|Mar precipitation days = 12.7
|Apr precipitation days = 11.9
|May precipitation days = 12.2
|Jun precipitation days = 9.9
|Jul precipitation days = 9.0
|Aug precipitation days = 8.2
|Sep precipitation days = 7.6
|Oct precipitation days = 8.4
|Nov precipitation days = 10.4
|Dec precipitation days = 11.3
|year precipitation days = 124.4
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 1.6
|Feb snow days = 1.1
|Mar snow days = 0.4
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.2
|Dec snow days = 0.6
|year snow days = 3.9
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name= NOAA>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=meg
| title = NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = September 25, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00409219&format=pdf
| title = Station: Union City, TN
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = September 25, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 1879
|1890= 3441
|1900= 3407
|1910= 4389
|1920= 4412
|1930= 5865
|1940= 7256
|1950= 7665
|1960= 8837
|1970= 11925
|1980= 10436
|1990= 10513
|2000= 10876
|2010= 10895
|2020= 11170
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR9">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 4, 2012|title=Census of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses}}</ref><ref name=CensusPopEst>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archive-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Union City racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4775940&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 7, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|7,003
|62.69%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|2,470
|22.11%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|27
|0.24%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|65
|0.58%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|591
|5.29%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|1,014
|9.08%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 11,170 people, 4,461 households, and 2,617 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, the population density was {{convert|1,020.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 5,013 housing units at an average density of {{convert|470.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 75.44% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 21.29% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.22% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.29% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.13% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.59% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.04% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.41% of the population.

There were 4,568 households, out of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 32.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every hundred females there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,399, and the median income for a family was $40,737. Males had a median income of $35,801 versus $19,694 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $18,787. About 12.5% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 26.4% of those under age 18 and 14.6% of those age 65 or over.

[[File:Union City TN 2013-04-06 019.jpg|thumb|A main street in Union City.]]

==Economy==
The [[Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company]] operated a plant in the city from 1969 to 2011.  On February 10, 2011, Goodyear announced that the Union City plant would shut down by the end of the year. On June 11, 2011, production ceased at the plant.<ref>[http://www.stategazette.com/story/1743289.html State Gazette, Goodyear Union City Plant Closes Its Doors], Retrieved July 12, 2011</ref>

Darling International operates a rendering plant.<ref>NWTN Today, [http://www.nwtntoday.com/news.php?viewStory=49683 Darling Purchases Griffin Industries]. Retrieved 17-July-2011.</ref>

== Cultural ==

[[File:The Tower at Discovery Park of America.jpg|thumb|Discovery Park of America in Union City, TN.]]

=== Museums ===
Union City is home to [[Discovery Park of America]], a 50-acre museum and heritage park with exhibits pertaining to local and national history, nature, military history, art and science.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discovery Park of America|url=https://discoveryparkofamerica.com/|access-date=September 28, 2019|website=Discovery Park of America|language=en-US}}</ref> Discovery Park was founded by local businessman Robert Kirkland in order to give back to his home community.

===Sports===
Union City was home to a [[Minor League Baseball]] team known as the [[Union City Greyhounds]] from 1935 to 1942 and 1946 to 1952 and as the [[Union City Dodgers]] from 1953 to 1955.
<ref name=BBRef>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Union%20City&state=TN&country=US&empty=0|title=Sports in Union City, Tennessee|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=June 5, 2020}}</ref> They played in the [[Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League]] and won three league championships (1936, 1948, and 1954).<ref name=BBRef/> Over their 19-year run, the team had affiliations with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], [[Cincinnati Reds]], [[Cleveland Indians]], and [[Brooklyn Dodgers]].<ref name=BBRef/>

===Media===
Union City is served by the newspaper ''The Messenger'' (Union City Daily Messenger).<ref>[http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/42/2333/5694 Union City Daily Messenger], Mondotimes.com, Retrieved, October 6, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.nwtntoday.com/ NWTNToday.com]</ref>

Union City is in the southernmost portion of the [[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]]&ndash;[[Cape Girardeau, Missouri|Cape Girardeau]]&ndash;[[Harrisburg, Illinois|Harrisburg]] television market. Locally based [[low-power broadcasting|Low-Power]] [[Class A television service|Class A]] [[television station]] [[WUWT-CD]] (channel 26) is licensed to Union City and serves Union City, Obion County, and immediate surrounding areas with programming from [[Retro TV]], with programming from [[The Family Channel (American TV network, founded 2008)|The Family Channel]] airing on its second [[digital subchannel]]. The main television broadcast stations serving extreme northwest Tennessee are:

*[[WSIL-TV]] 3 Harrisburg ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]])
*[[WPSD-TV]] 6 Paducah ([[NBC]])
*[[WLJT]] 11 [[Lexington, Tennessee|Lexington, TN]] ([[PBS]])
*[[KFVS-TV]] 12 Cape Girardeau ([[CBS]])
**KFVS-TV 12.2 Cape Girardeau ([[The CW]])
*[[KBSI]] 23 Cape Girardeau ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]])
*[[WUWT-CD]] 26 Union City ([[Retro TV|RTV]])
*[[WKPD]] 29 Paducah ([[PBS]])
*[[WDKA]] 49 Paducah ([[MyNetworkTV|MNTV]])

[[File:Union City Confederate Monument.jpg|thumb|[[Confederate Monument (Union City, Tennessee)|Confederate Monument]]]]

===Historic landmarks===
*Masquerade Theatre - located in the former Capital Theater on South First Street. The theatre is a historic landmark and has been standing since the early 1900s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ucmasqueradetheatre.com/history/|title=History|language=en-US|access-date=September 28, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Confederate Monument (Union City, Tennessee)|Confederate Monument]]

==Education==
Almost all of the city limits is in the [[Union City Schools (Tennessee)|Union City Schools]]. Very small portions extend into the [[Obion County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st47_tn/schooldistrict_maps/c47131_obion/DC20SD_C47131.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Obion County, TN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-06}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st47_tn/schooldistrict_maps/c47131_obion/DC20SD_C47131_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==Notable people==
[[File:Mill Ridge, with the North Lake in the foreground.jpg|thumb|Discovery Park of America in Union City]]
* [[Russell Dickerson]] – country music singer 
* [[Steve Finley]] – MLB outfielder, World Series champion with [[Arizona Diamondbacks]]
* [[Bruce Fleisher]] (1948–2021) – professional golfer
* [[Milton H. Hamilton Jr.]] – served in the [[Tennessee General Assembly]]; was majority leader of the Tennessee State Senate
* [[Andrieus A. Jones]] – US Senator of [[New Mexico]] 1917–1927, born in Union City
* [[Jovante Moffatt]] – NFL Player
* [[Jon Robinson (American football)|Jon Robinson]] – General Manager, [[Tennessee Titans]]
* [[Derrick Turnbow]] – [[MLB]] pitcher
* [[Koko B. Ware]] – professional wrestler
* [[Zach Underwood]] – professional fighter
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* ''History of Obion County'', assembled and edited by E.H. Marshall, 1941

==External links==
* [http://www.unioncitytn.gov Union City], official website

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