Union Mills is an

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in Noble Township, LaPorte County,

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History

Joseph Wheaton, one of the earliest settlers, came to the Mill Creek in 1832 and laid out a small village. The gristmill was built on Mill Creek was built in 1836 by Sylvanus Everts. Everts named the mill "Union Mills" and Wheaton's village followed to be known as Union Mills. In 1838 the village had only five log houses. A general store opened in 1840. The construction of three rail lines near Union Mills stimulated growth.La Porte County Interim Report, Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory; Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana and the Indian Department of Natural Resources; Indianapolis, Indiana; March 1898 Union Mills was

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ted in 1849, but there had been a settlement at the site for some time prior. The community took its name from a

gristmill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and Wheat middlings, middlings. The term can refer to either the Mill (grinding), grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist i ...

constructed in the 1830s.

Geography

Union Mills is located at .

Education

Union Mills has a

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, a branch of the LaPorte County Public Library. Union Mills has a public school, South Central, that provides education from Kindergarten through 12th grade.

Notable people

* Ed Hanyzewski, baseball player * Glen Rosenbaum, baseball player and coach

References

Unincorporated communities in LaPorte County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{LaPorteCountyIN-geo-stub