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Union Mills is an unincorporated community in Noble Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.

Union Mills, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Business district of Union Mills.
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Coordinates: 41°29′35″N 86°46′39″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	LaPorte
Township	Noble
Elevation [1]	728 ft (222 m)
ZIP code	46382
FIPS code	18-77804[2]
GNIS feature ID	445130

History

Joseph Wheaton, one of the earliest settlers, came to the Mill Creek in 1832 and laid out a small village. The gristmill was built on Mill Creek was built in 1836 by Sylvanus Everts. Everts named the mill "Union Mills" and Wheaton's village followed to be known as Union Mills. In 1838 the village had only five log houses. A general store opened in 1840. The construction of three rail lines near Union Mills stimulated growth.[3]

Union Mills was platted in 1849, but there had been a settlement at the site for some time prior.[4] The community took its name from a gristmill constructed in the 1830s.[5]

Geography

Union Mills is located at 41°29′35″N 86°46′39″W.

Education

Union Mills has a public library, a branch of the LaPorte County Public Library.[6]

Union Mills has a public school, South Central, that provides education from Kindergarten through 12th grade.

Notable people

Ed Hanyzewski, baseball player
Glen Rosenbaum, baseball player and coach

References

"US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
"U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
La Porte County Interim Report, Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory; Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana and the Indian Department of Natural Resources; Indianapolis, Indiana; March 1898
History of La Porte County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Townships. C. C. Chapman & Co. 1880. pp. 810.
Daniels, E. D. (1904). A twentieth century history and biographical record of La Porte County, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Co. p. 106.
"Union Mills Branch". LaPorte County Public Library. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of LaPorte County, Indiana, United States
County seat: La Porte
Cities	La Porte Michigan City	Map of Indiana highlighting LaPorte County
Towns	Kingsbury Kingsford Heights LaCrosse Long Beach Michiana Shores Pottawattamie Park Trail Creek Wanatah Westville
Townships	Cass Center Clinton Coolspring Dewey Galena Hanna Hudson Johnson Kankakee Lincoln Michigan New Durham Noble Pleasant Prairie Scipio Springfield Union Washington Wills
CDPs	Fish Lake Hanna Hudson Lake Rolling Prairie
Other unincorporated communities	Alida Beattys Corner Birchim Byron Crumstown‡ Door Village Duneland Beach Haskell Hesston Holmesville Kankakee Lake Park Mill Creek Oakwood Otis Pinhook Pinola Riverside Salem Heights Smith South Center South Wanatah Springfield Springville Stillwell Summit Tee Lake Thomaston Tracy Union Center Union Mills Waterford Wellsboro Wilders
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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