"Union" of the Rivers

"Union" of the Rivers (HM1SNJ)

Location: Union City, MI 49094 Branch County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 4.009', W 85° 7.795'

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Union City Heritage Water Trail

At this point the Coldwater and St. Joe Rivers join, creating their namesake "Union" City. In the late 1820s a road surveying party following the Washtenaw Indian Trail that later became M-60 stumbled upon this junction and returned giving a glowing account of the area. In the early 1830s, Isaiah W. Bennet of New York State made an exploratory tour along the St. Joe. He also was struck with the advantages of this
area. He and another prospector, Jeremiah Marvin, purchased a tract of several hundred acres from the government in 1831. The first permanent settler in the area was Justus Goodwin, who came from New York State and in 1833 purchased 568 acres of land from Marvin for $2000. This included the present site of the business district. Goodwin registered the town of Goodwinsville with Branch County on 8/27/1835. The first tide of immigrants from New England arrived in 1836. In 1837 another group, Richard and Israel Clark, Lyman Gilbert, and Isaac Diamond, laid out a 200 acre tract of land that was called "Union City" for the confluence of the two rivers. The name of the Goodwinsville Post Office was changed to Union City in 1840, but the town remained as Goodwinsville until 1/25/1866 when it was officially incorporated as the Village of Union City. By 1870 the population had swelled to 1,035 and the business district began to show signs of growth.

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HM Number	HM1SNJ
Series	This marker is part of the series, and the series.
Tags	Early Settlers, Exploration, Early Settlers, Waterways and Vessels, Waterways and Vessels, Exploration
Marker Number	7
Year Placed	2106
Placed By	Union City Heritage Water Trail
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Sunday, June 19th, 2016 at 11:44am PDT -07:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	16T E 654716 N 4658886
Decimal Degrees	42.06681667, -85.12991667
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 42° 4.009', W 85° 7.795'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	42° 4' 0.54" N, 85° 7' 47.7" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	517
Closest Postal Address	At or near 200 Pine Dr, Union City MI 49094, US
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