Union City, Kentucky

Union City is a community in Madison County, Kentucky.[1][2] An 1880 Gazetteer describes it as a post-village of Madison County 7 miles northeast of Richmond, Kentucky.[3]

Vaudevillian Andrew Tribble was born in Union City.[4] A historical marker commemorates his life at Union City Park.[5]

Union City is home to Union City Baptist Church, a grocery store, and a Ruritan club.[1]

In 1905 a railroad company was formed to connect it to Tiptonville in Lake County, Tennessee.[6]

Union City is at the junction of Union City Road, 374, Weller Parks Road, and Doylesville Road.

References
  1. Johnson, Harry C. (2004). Madison County, Kentucky. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0-7385-1688-2.
  2. Galbreath, Charles Burleigh (February 28, 1925). "History of Ohio". American Historical Society, Incorporated – via Google Books.
  3. Company, J. B. Lippincott (February 28, 1880). "Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ..." J.B. Lippincott & Company – via Google Books.
  4. "Tribble, Andrew A. · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database". nkaa.uky.edu.
  5. "Marker Dedicated to Vaudevillian Andrew Tribble in Madison County". WEKU. October 2, 2019.
  6. "The Railway World". United States Railroad and Mining Register Company. February 28, 1905 – via Google Books.


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