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Union County is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the county was the state's seventh-most-populous county [8] with a population of 575,345, [5] [6] its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 38,846 (+7.2%) from the 2010 census count of 536,499. [9]
What we know as Union County was originally a part of Essex County. With the growth in population and continuous division and sale of land parcels, Elizabethtown’s boundary lines continued to expand and divide.
Union County, New Mexico Union County, North Carolina : Named as a compromise between Whigs , who wanted to name the new county after Henry Clay, and Democrats , who wanted to name it after Andrew Jackson.
Union County was originally a core part of the homeland of the native Cherokee tribe. Mountainous and formerly one of the most remote and inaccessible parts of Georgia, the area became the object of desire for white settlers with the discovery of gold in the 1820s.
Feb 14, 2019 · Named after the Union of the United States, Union County was established in 1857, becoming New Jersey's 21st and final county created in the state.
A southern Piedmont county, Union was formed by the General Assembly in 1842, and its name resulted from a compromise between North Carolina Democrats and Whigs. With the long contention that President Andrew Jackson was born in the area, Democrats wanted Jackson as the county’s name.
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Feb 26, 2022 · Placing Democratic-heavy Union County in North Jersey alongside fellow blue counties like Bergen, Passaic and Hudson counties would upset the bipartisan balance of both groups.
