UNION - Water Tank
N 38° 27.440 W 091° 00.689
15S E 673504 N 4258432
UNION, Missouri Municipal Water Tank
Waymark Code: WM16C1
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2007
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This water tank is Located on a Big Hill and also beside the UNION Cemetery.
Many Vetrans from the Civil War are at rest here.
In 1818 Franklin County was organized and separated from St. Louis County and named after one of America's founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin.
By an act of the State Legislature on January 22, 1825, the City of Union was established as the County Seat. The court met for the first time in Union in 1827.
The name "Union" has nothing to do with the American Civil War or organized labor, it came before either of them. Rather, the name was chosen to express the coming together of people and ideas, as demonstrated by Union's selection as the new, centrally located seat of county government in the early 1800s.
The first building used as a courthouse in Union was a log structure. The ground where Union now exists was owned by three farmers who donated 72.5 acres for the establishment of the original town. The County's present-day courthouse in Union was constructed in 1923 and was completely remodeled in 1970. In 1969 the building recieved a bomb threat as a diversion during a bank robbery.
More than two centuries ago, the French were the first European settlers in Franklin County. These immigrants focused primarily on commercial ventures such as trapping, trading, and mining. Soon Anglo-American settlers followed as they migrated from the Carolinas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia to establish farms in the area. The first American settler to Franklin County is generally considered to be Kincaid Caldwell, who arrived around 1803.
Documented History (by the NGS)
1/1/1956 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1956 (WRH) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER OF TOWN ON THE EAST SIDE OF STATE ROUTE 47. THE TANK IS A LARGE STEEL TANK, PAINTED SILVER, MOUNTED ON TOP OF A FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE AND IS ABOUT 75 FEET HIGH. THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF TANK WAS INTERSECTED.
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