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{{short description|Parish in Louisiana, United States}} {{distinguish|text=[[Union, Louisiana]] in St. James Parish}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Union Parish, Louisiana | official_name = Parish of Union | native_name = <!-- if different from the English name --> | native_name_lang = <!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. 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only --> | area_note = <!-- dimensions --> | dimensions_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | length_km = | length_mi = | width_km = | width_mi = <!-- elevation --> | elevation_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation_point = <!-- for denoting the measurement point --> | elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | elevation_max_m = | elevation_max_ft = | elevation_max_point = <!-- for denoting the measurement point --> | elevation_max_rank = | elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | elevation_min_m = | elevation_min_ft = | elevation_min_point = <!-- for denoting the measurement point --> | elevation_min_rank = <!-- population --> | population_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] | population_total = 21107 | pop_est_footnotes = | pop_est_as_of = | population_est = | population_rank = | 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references: use <ref> tags --> | demographics1_title1 = | demographics1_info1 = <!-- etc., up to demographics1_title7 / demographics1_info7 --> <!-- demographics (section 2) --> | demographics_type2 = | demographics2_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | demographics2_title1 = | demographics2_info1 = <!-- etc., up to demographics2_title10 / demographics2_info10 --> <!-- time zone(s) --> | timezone1 = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]] | utc_offset1 = -6 | timezone1_DST = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]] | utc_offset1_DST = -5 | timezone1_location = | timezone2 = | utc_offset2 = | timezone2_DST = | utc_offset2_DST = | timezone2_location = <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP Code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | postal2_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP Code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal2_code = | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = [[Area code 318|318]] | area_codes = | geocode = | iso_code = | registration_plate_type = | registration_plate = | code1_name = | code1_info = | code2_name = | code2_info = <!-- blank fields (section 1) --> | blank_name_sec1 = Congressional district | blank_info_sec1 = [[Louisiana's 4th congressional district|4th]] | blank1_name_sec1 = | blank1_info_sec1 = | blank2_name_sec1 = | blank2_info_sec1 = <!-- etc., up to blank7_name_sec1 / blank7_info_sec1 --> <!-- blank fields (section 2) --> | blank_name_sec2 = | blank_info_sec2 = | blank1_name_sec2 = | blank1_info_sec2 = | blank2_name_sec2 = | blank2_info_sec2 = <!-- etc., up to blank7_name_sec2 / blank7_info_sec2 --> <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = | footnotes = }} [[Image:Lake D'Arbonne west of Farmerville IMG 3865.JPG|200px|right|thumb|[[Lake D'Arbonne]] west of Farmerville.]] [[Image:Union General Hospital in Farmerville IMG 3864.JPG|right|thumb|Union General Hospital in Farmerville.]] '''Union Parish''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Paroisse de l'Union'') is a [[List of parishes in Louisiana|parish]] located in the north central section of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Louisiana]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 21,107.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Union Parish, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Union_Parish,_Louisiana?g=0500000US22111|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 22, 2023}}</ref> The [[parish seat]] is [[Farmerville, Louisiana|Farmerville]].<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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The parish was created on March 13, 1839, from a section of Ouachita Parish. Its boundaries have changed four times since then (in 1845, 1846, 1867, and 1873, respectively).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Louisiana/viewer.htm |title=" + theTitle + " |access-date=January 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329011002/http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Louisiana/viewer.htm |archive-date=March 29, 2015 }}</ref> Union Parish is part of the [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], LA [[Monroe, Louisiana metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. ==Geography== According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the parish has a total area of {{convert|905|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|877|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|28|sqmi}} (3.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 2, 2014 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928155956/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt |archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> Geographically north central Louisiana, Union Parish more closely resembles Lincoln Parish, to which Union is deeply tied culturally, politically, and educationally.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} Union Parish, along with Lincoln Parish to the southwest and Union County, Arkansas to the north, form the eastern boundary of the [[Ark-La-Tex]] region. ===Major highways=== * [[Image:US 63.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 63 in Louisiana|U.S. Highway 63]] * [[Image:US 167.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 167#North Louisiana|U.S. Highway 167]] * [[Image:Louisiana 2 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 2]] * [[Image:Louisiana 15 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 15]] * [[Image:Louisiana 33 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 33]] ===Adjacent parishes and counties=== * [[Union County, Arkansas]] (northwest) * [[Ashley County, Arkansas]] (northeast) * [[Morehouse Parish, Louisiana|Morehouse Parish]] (east) * [[Ouachita Parish, Louisiana|Ouachita Parish]] (southeast) * [[Lincoln Parish, Louisiana|Lincoln Parish]] (southwest) * [[Claiborne Parish, Louisiana|Claiborne Parish]] (west) ===National protected areas=== * [[D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge]] (part) * [[Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge]] (part) ==Communities== === Towns === * [[Bernice, Louisiana|Bernice]] * [[Farmerville, Louisiana|Farmerville]] (parish seat and largest municipality) * [[Marion, Louisiana|Marion]] ===Villages=== * [[Conway, Louisiana|Conway]] * [[Downsville, Louisiana|Downsville]] * [[Junction City, Louisiana|Junction City]] * [[Lillie, Louisiana|Lillie]] * [[Spearsville, Louisiana|Spearsville]] ===Unincorporated communities=== * [[Alabama Landing, Louisiana|Alabama Landing]] * [[Oakland, Union Parish, Loisiana|Oakland]] * [[Ouachita City, Louisiana|Ouachita City]] * [[Point, Louisiana|Point]] * [[Shiloh, Union Parish, Louisiana|Shiloh]] * [[Truxno, Louisiana|Truxno]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://louisiana.hometownlocator.com/la/union/truxno.cfm | title=Truxno Populated Place Profile / Union Parish, Louisiana Data }}</ref> ==Demographics== {{US Census population | 1840 = 1838 | 1850 = 8203 | 1860 = 10389 | 1870 = 11685 | 1880 = 13526 | 1890 = 17304 | 1900 = 18520 | 1910 = 20451 | 1920 = 19621 | 1930 = 20731 | 1940 = 20943 | 1950 = 19141 | 1960 = 17624 | 1970 = 18447 | 1980 = 21167 | 1990 = 20690 | 2000 = 22803 | 2010 = 22721 | 2020 = 21107 | estyear = | estimate = | estref = | align-fn = center | footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=U.S. Decennial Census |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 2, 2014 }}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu |title=Historical Census Browser |publisher=University of Virginia Library |access-date=September 2, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/la190090.txt |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 2, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 2, 2014}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22111.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref> }} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" |+Union Parish racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US22111&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 29, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> ! scope="col" | Race ! scope="col" | Number ! scope="col" | Percentage |- ! scope="row" | [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic) | 14,289 | 67.7% |- ! scope="row" | [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic) | 4,980 | 23.59% |- ! scope="row" | [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] | 59 | 0.28% |- ! scope="row" | [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] | 38 | 0.18% |- ! scope="row" | [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] | 6 | 0.03% |- ! scope="row" | [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] | 600 | 2.84% |- ! scope="row" | [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] | 1,135 | 5.38% |} As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 21,107 people, 7,582 households, and 4,899 families residing in the parish. ==Politics== Located in far northern Louisiana next to the [[Arkansas]] state line, Union Parish is heavily [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in most competitive elections, particularly at the presidential level, last voting for a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential nominee in [[1952 United States presidential election|1952]] when [[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]] received 52% of the vote. In the most recent election in 2020, incumbent [[U.S. President|President]] [[Donald Trump]] received 8,407 votes (75.1 percent) of the parish total to 2,654 (23.7 percent) for former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/2020-11-03/resultsRace/56|title=Louisiana Secretary of State|website=voterportal.sos.la.gov|access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref> {{PresHead|place=Union Parish, Louisiana|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 7, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|8,176|2,206|93|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|8,407|2,654|140|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|7,972|2,691|231|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|7,561|3,075|130|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|7,619|3,103|146|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|7,457|3,089|172|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|5,772|3,205|366|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|4,418|4,260|865|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|4,434|4,005|1,630|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,900|3,210|259|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|6,585|2,916|222|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,130|3,841|227|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|4,139|3,600|166|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,322|1,465|370|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,113|1,336|4,297|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1964|Republican|4,534|1,155|0|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,017|1,034|1,012|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,384|878|1,156|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,894|2,055|0|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|259|724|1,873|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|803|1,765|0|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|371|2,842|0|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|272|1,778|0|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|58|2,285|0|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1928|Democratic|422|1,085|2|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|7|875|1|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|98|1,221|0|Louisiana}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|22|1,106|1|Louisiana}} {{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|11|696|87|Louisiana}} ==School== Residents are assigned to [[Union Parish Public Schools]]. ==Law enforcement== {{Infobox law enforcement agency | agencyname = Union Parish Sheriff's Office | nativename = | nativenamea = | nativenamer = | commonname = | abbreviation = UPSO | fictional = | patch = | patchcaption = | logo = [[File:New_Union_Parish_Sheriff's_Office_Logo.png|right|]] | logocaption = | badge = | badgecaption = | flag = | flagcaption = | imagesize = | motto = Service Before Self | mottotranslated = | mission = | formedyear = 1839 | formedmonthday = | preceding1 = | dissolved = | superseding = | employees = | volunteers = | budget = | nongovernment = | legaljuris = | governingbody = | governingbodyscnd = | constitution1 = | police = Yes | local = | military = | provost = | gendarmerie = | religious = | speciality = | secret = | overviewtype = | overviewbody = | headquarters = [[Farmerville, Louisiana]] | hqlocmap = | hqlocleft = | hqloctop = | hqlocmappoptitle = | sworntype = Deputy Sheriff | sworn = | unsworntype = | unsworn = | multinational = | electeetype = | minister1name = | minister1pfo = | chief1name = Dusty Gates | chief1position = [[Sheriff]] | parentagency = | child1agency = | unittype = | unitname = | officetype = | officename = | provideragency = | uniformedas = | stationtype = | stations = | airbases = | lockuptype = | lockups = | vehicle1type = | vehicles1 = | boat1type = | boats1 = | aircraft1type = | aircraft1 = | animal1type = | animals1 = | animal2type = | animals2 = | person1name = | person1reason = | person1type = | programme1 = | activity1name = | activitytype = | anniversary1 = | award1 = | website = http://www.unionsheriff.com/ | footnotes = | reference = }} The Union Parish Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency of [[Union Parish]], [[Louisiana]]. It is headquartered in Farmerville. The current{{as of?|date=October 2022}} Sheriff of Union Parish is Dusty Gates, who was first sworn as the sheriff following long time Sheriff Bob Buckley's death in September 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myarklamiss.com/news/news/dusty-gates-sworn-in-as-new-union-parish-sheriff|title=Dusty Gates Sworn In As New Union Parish Sheriff|last=LAKANA|date=September 19, 2013|publisher=}}</ref> ==Border monument== In 1931, a monument was erected at the Union Parish border with [[Union County, Arkansas]]. In 1975, [[Louisiana State Legislature|State Representative]] [[Louise B. Johnson]] passed a law to refurbish the monument. The completed restoration was unveiled in 2009.<ref name="monument">{{cite web|title=Matthew Hamil, "Monument Forgotten by Time"|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20090831/NEWS01/908310313&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903111428/http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20090831/NEWS01/908310313%26referrer%3DFRONTPAGECAROUSEL|archive-date=September 3, 2009|access-date=August 31, 2009|publisher=[[Monroe News Star]], August 31, 2009}}</ref> * ==Notable people== Two Louisiana governors came from the Shiloh Community in Union Parish: * [[William Wright Heard]], 1900–1904 * [[Ruffin Pleasant]], 1916-1920 Two Arkansas governors were natives of Union Parish: * [[George Washington Donaghey]], [[Governor of Arkansas]] from 1909 to 1913 * [[Tom Jefferson Terral]], Governor of Arkansas from 1925 to 1927 Other Union Parish residents have included: * [[Lonnie O. Aulds]], state representative from 1968 to 1972<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2012.pdf |title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012 |publisher=legis.la.gov |access-date=July 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004235758/http://www.legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2012.pdf |archive-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref> * [[George Washington Bolton]] (1841-1931), state representative from 1888 to 1896 from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lahistory.org/site19.php |title=Bolton, George Washington|publisher=[[Louisiana Historical Association]]: A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography |access-date=April 9, 2014|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413131500/http://lahistory.org/site19.php |archive-date=April 13, 2014}}</ref> * [[Jay McCallum]] - Chief Judge of the Louisiana 3rd Judicial District Court<ref>"Louisiana: McCallum, Jay Bowen", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004'', 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, NJ, 2003), p. 787</ref> * [[Lee Emmett Thomas]], [[Speakers of the Louisiana House of Representatives|Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representative]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lahistory.org/site37.php |title=Thomas, Lee Emmett |publisher=[[Louisiana Historical Association]], A Directory of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.org) |access-date=December 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923113542/http://lahistory.org/site37.php |archive-date=September 23, 2010}}</ref> ==See also== {{portal|United States}} * [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Union Parish, Louisiana]] * [[Big Creek (Union Parish, LA)]] ==Sources== Many facts concerning events in early Union Parish history come from the conveyance, probate, and lawsuit records on file in the Union Parish courthouse, as well as records of the United States Land Offices available in the National Archives. Other sources include: 1) Williams, E. Russ, Jr., Spanish Poste d’Ouachita: The Ouachita Valley in Colonial Louisiana 1783–1804, and Early American Statehood, 1804–1820, Williams Genealogical Publications, Monroe, LA, 1995. 2) Williams, E. Russ, Jr., Encyclopedia of Individuals and Founding Families of the Ouachita Valley of Louisiana From 1785 to 1850: Organized into Family Groups with Miscellaneous Materials on Historical Events, Places, and Other Important Topics, Part Oe A – K, Williams Genealogical and Historical Publications, Monroe, LA, 1996. 3) Williams, E. Russ, Jr., Encyclopedia of Individuals and Founding Families of the Ouachita Valley of Louisiana From 1785 to 1850: Organized into Family Groups with Miscellaneous Materials on Historical Events, Places, and Other Important Topics, Part Two L – O, Williams Genealogical and Historical Publications, Monroe, LA, 1997. 4) Williams, Max Harrison, Union Parish (Louisiana) Historical Records: Police Jury Minutes, 1839–1846, D’Arbonne Research and Publishing Co., Farmerville, LA, 1993. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Geographic Location |Centre = Union Parish, Louisiana |North = |Northeast = [[Ashley County, Arkansas]] |East = [[Morehouse Parish, Louisiana|Morehouse Parish]] |Southeast = [[Ouachita Parish, Louisiana|Ouachita Parish]] |South = |Southwest = [[Lincoln Parish, Louisiana|Lincoln Parish]] |West = [[Claiborne Parish, Louisiana|Claiborne Parish]] |Northwest = [[Union County, Arkansas]] }} {{Union Parish, Louisiana}} {{Louisiana parishes}} {{Authority control}} {{Coord|32.83|-92.38|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-LA_source:UScensus1990}} [[Category:Union Parish, Louisiana| ]] [[Category:Louisiana parishes]] [[Category:Parishes in Monroe, Louisiana metropolitan area]] [[Category:1839 establishments in Louisiana]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1839]]
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