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Union County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Founded
- January 23, 1856
- Named after
- Either its creation from parts of five other counties or its support for the Union during the Civil War
- Seat
- Maynardville
- Largest city
- Maynardville
- Mayor
- Jason Bailey
- Total
- 247 sq mi (640 km )
- Land
- 224 sq mi (580 km )
- Water
- 24 sq mi (62 km ) 9.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,450
- Density
- 85/sq mi (33/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 37721, 37779, 37807, 37866, 37705
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .unioncountytn .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Capital
- Maynardville
- Population
- 19802
- Area
- 640
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Anderson County
- Official website
- www.unioncountytn.com
- Image
- Union-county-courthouse-tn1.jpg
- Households
- 7463
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- different from
- Union County
- Commons category
- Union County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Union County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1850-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Union County, Tennessee
- water as percent of area
- 9.5
- native label
- Union County
- per capita income
- 24268
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Encyclopedic overview
Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, its population was 19,802. Its county seat is Maynardville. Union County is included in the Knoxville metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Union County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.