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The parish was created on March 13, 1839, from a section of Ouachita Parish. Its boundaries have changed four times since then in 1845, 1846, 1867, and 1873, respectively.

Union Parish is part of the Monroe, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1931, a monument was erected at the Union Parish border with Union County, Arkansas, through the private efforts of former Arkansas Governor George Washington Donaghey (1856–1937). He was born in Union Parish and grew up in the border area before moving with his family as a teenager to Conway, Arkansas. As governor of Arkansas, Donaghey oversaw the construction of the state capitol building in Little Rock and implemented founding of the state health unit and its agricultural colleges.

Having long felt a kinship to both states, after his gubernatorial tenure Donaghey commissioned a park on the border land and a monument. The monument is known for its intricate carvings and Art Deco style. It includes references to different modes of transportation in 1831 and 1931 and mentions Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long, Jr., whose educational program Donaghey admired. The land was not registered with the state parks offices in either state, timber companies cut trees thereabouts, and the monument was forgotten. In 1975, State Representative Louise B. Johnson gained passage of a law to refurbish the monument. A completed restoration was unveiled in 2009    
The Union Parish USGenWeb Archives has numerous other invaluable resources on Union Parish Louisiana. Materials available there include a vast collection of old Union Parish photographs as well as transcriptions of numerous original Union Parish records such as Bibles, probate index, marriage index, court records, church records, old newspapers, old letters, cemeteries, and obituaries. For statewide or national archives resources, visit the Louisiana USGenWeb Archives or the USGenWeb Archives Project:

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The photographs at the top were taken in late October 2009 after record-breaking rains dumped more than 20 inches of rain on the Ouachita Valley region, flooding homes and roads in Union Parish. The photos show the flood waters at the Lake D'Arbonne Spillway. The lake (to the right) is ordinarily much higher than the bayou (to the left), but the flood waters made the bayou at the same level as the lake. Thanks to Mr. Scott Beder, editor of the Farmerville "Gazette", for sharing these photographs.

To see more photographs, view our Union Parish Scenic Photographs.

Parish Coordinator: Rebecca Maloney

State Coordinator: Edward Hayden

Assistant State Coordinator: Marsha Bryant

USGenWeb Advisory Board 

National Coordinator: Denise Wells

Representative at Large: Linda K Lewis

Special Projects Coordinator: Bob Jenkins



To search items available through the Union Parish Library, please visit
Union Parish Library

Union Parish Library reference librarians will also search microfilm and book collections to assist patrons searching for genealogy information in the library. In addition, patrons visiting in person may use Ancestry.com at no charge. For more information call (318) 368-9288.

Union Parish Louisiana Genealogy Resources
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