2010 Map of Union

About this map

Union and the surrounding Boone County landscape appear here during a period of significant suburban expansion, evidenced by the dense residential street networks of Oakbrook and the developing outskirts of Florence. Despite this growth, the map preserves the traditional rural framework of the region, anchored by historical family and church burial grounds such as Hopeful Cemetery, Rice Cemetery, and Hughes Chapel Cemetery. The terrain is deeply incised by a complex drainage system, where the South Fork Gunpowder Creek and Big Bone Creek have shaped the placement of early routes like Rice Pike and Big Bone Rd. Modern recreational and transport hubs, including the Kentucky Raceway and Estes Airport, sit adjacent to older community nodes like Hueys Corners, illustrating the layering of twenty-first-century infrastructure over a much older agricultural and pioneer settlement pattern.