Notable People
- Alonzo Horton, considered the second founder of the city of San Diego, California, and the founder of Hortonville, Wisconsin, was born in Union on October 24, 1813. His family moved away from the area in 1815.
- Moses G. Leonard (1809–1899), a United States Representative from New York, grew up in Union but was born in nearby Stafford.
- Ebenezer Stoddard (1785–1847), a United States Representative from Connecticut and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, was born in Union.
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