Union City, Kentucky

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Union City is a community in Madison County, Kentucky.[1][2] An 1880 Gazetteer describes it as a post-village of Madison County 7 miles northeast of Richmond, Kentucky.[3]

Vaudevillian Andrew Tribble was born in Union City.[4] A historical marker commemorates his life at Union City Park.[5]

Union City is home to Union City Baptist Church, a grocery store, and a Ruritan club.[1]

In 1905 a railroad company was formed to connect it to Tiptonville in Lake County, Tennessee.[6]

Union City is at the junction of Union City Road, 374, Weller Parks Road, and Doylesville Road.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Johnson, Harry C. (2004). Madison County, Kentucky. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-1688-2.
  2. ^ Galbreath, Charles Burleigh (February 28, 1925). "History of Ohio". American Historical Society, Incorporated – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Company, J. B. Lippincott (February 28, 1880). "Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ..." J.B. Lippincott & Company – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Tribble, Andrew A. · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database". nkaa.uky.edu.
  5. ^ "Marker Dedicated to Vaudevillian Andrew Tribble in Madison County". WEKU. October 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "The Railway World". United States Railroad and Mining Register Company. February 28, 1905 – via Google Books.