What is the history of Union, Missouri?
In 1818 Franklin County, MissouriFranklin County was organized and separated from St. Louis County, MissouriSt. Louis County and named after one of America’s founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin. With 922 square miles, Franklin County is the largest geographic area in the St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis United States metropolitan areaMetropolitan Statistical Area and one of the largest counties in all of Missouri. By an act of the State Legislature on January 22, 1825, the City of Union was established as the County Seat. The court met for the first time in Union in 1827. The name “Union” has nothing to do with the American Civil War or organized labor; it came before either of them. Rather, the name was chosen to express the coming together of people and ideas, as demonstrated by Union’s selection as the new, centrally located seat of county government in the early 1800s. The first building used as a courthouse in Union was a log structure. The ground where Union now exists was owned by t
