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Union County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Founded
- July 7, 1870
- Seat
- New Albany
- Largest city
- New Albany
- Total
- 417 sq mi (1,080 km )
- Land
- 416 sq mi (1,080 km )
- Water
- 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 28,459
- Density
- 66.8/sq mi (25.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- unioncoms .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 27777
- Area
- 1080
- Official website
- unioncoms.com
- Image
- Union County Mississippi Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 9849
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- Commons category
- Union County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1870-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Union County
- per capita income
- 23050
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Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It was formed in 1870 from Tippah and Pontotoc counties, and in 1874 a portion of Lee County was added. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,777. Its county seat is New Albany. According to most sources, the county received its name by being a union of pieces of several large counties, like other Union counties in other states. However, other sources say that the name was meant to mark the re-union of Mississippi and the other Confederate states after the Civil War (at the time, the state had a Republican government under Reconstruction).
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