![]() Battle Hill, area served by Battle Hill Elementary School in west Union, bordered by Rahway River (W edge), Morris Avenue (N), the west branch of the Elizabeth River (E), and Route 22 (S).Larchmont Estates, area bordered by Larchmont Reservation (NW and NE edges), Morris Avenue (SW), Liberty Avenue (SE), and Joe Collins Park/Larchmont Reservation (NE edge).Parkside Manor, a three-road section off of Union Terrace.Putnam Manor, an historic section between Colonial Avenue and Salem Road.Putnam Ridge, a section between Suburban Road, Morris Avenue, Twin Oaks Road, and Colonial Avenue.Union Center, area around the intersection of Morris and Stuyvesant Avenues.Vauxhall, area of Union north of I-78 and west of Stuyvesant Avenue, with its own ZIP code 07088.Brookside Heights (Curryville), west of Vauxhall Road. ![]() Five Points, area around the junction of Galloping Hill Road, Chestnut Street, Salem Road, Delaware Avenue, Walton Avenue, and Tucker Avenue.Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Battle Hill, Connecticut Farms, Galloping Hill, Headlentown, Putnam Manor, Salem, Townley and Vauxhall. Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 9.08 square miles (23.52 km 2), including 9.05 square miles (23.44 km 2) of land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km 2) of water (0.35%). Northwest of the township lies Millburn, to the north lies Maplewood and to the northeast lies Irvington, all in Essex County. The Township of Union is located on the northern edge of Union County and is bordered by eight municipalities: Hillside to the east, Elizabeth to the southeast, Roselle Park and Kenilworth to the south and Springfield Township to the west. The colony was founded by Andress Small Floyd and his wife Lillian, lasting until 1938. The Self-Master Colony was a private experiment in housing the homeless built on the Hoyt family mansion in Union Township in 1908. In 1946, a group of residents pushed for the township's name to be changed to "Connecticut Farms", citing the potential benefits to area residents and businesses from the broad awareness of the historical significance of the name. Portions of the township have been taken to form Linden Township (March 4, 1861), Roselle Park, (March 22, 1901), Kenilworth (May 13, 1907) and Hillside (April 3, 1913). It became part of the newly formed Union County on March 19, 1857. Union Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on November 23, 1808, from portions of Elizabeth Township, while the area was still part of Essex County. They were wrong on both counts and were unable to make their way to and through the Hobart Gap. They also expected the citizens of New Jersey to welcome them. ![]() They expected the Continental Army to give little resistance, believing that they were tired of the war and were poorly fed and paid. At midnight, 5,000 troops started to land. On June 6, 1780, British troops, led by Hessian General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, boarded boats on Staten Island bound for Elizabeth, New Jersey. ![]() Union Township was the site of the Battle of Connecticut Farms. Settled in 1667, Union was the third English speaking settlement in New Jersey after Elizabeth and Newark, with the area that is now Union then called Connecticut Farms. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 59,728, an increase of 3,086 (+5.4%) from the 2010 census count of 56,642, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,237 (+4.1%) from the 54,405 counted in the 2000 census. In the 18th century, the area that is now Union was then called Connecticut Farms. Union Township is a township in Union County, in the U.S.
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