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2 unusual facts about Union County–College Corner Joint School District


School district

By extension, a joint state school district, such as Union County–College Corner JSD, includes territory in more than one state.

West College Corner, Indiana

The town's public school, part of the Union County–College Corner Joint School District, is bisected by the state line and is operated jointly with the Ohio authorities.


Andrew Jackson King

Andrew Jackson King was born in Cherokee Purchase Land in Union County, Georgia.

April 13–16, 2012 tornado outbreak

On April 19, 2012, FEMA announced that the southwestern Iowa counties of Union and Fremont that were also affected by the tornadoes would not qualify for federal assistance, both counties also received state disaster declarations by Governor Terry Branstad.

Bells Mines, Kentucky

The land surrounding and encompassing Bells Mines is now so rich with wildlife, from having been largely unoccupied by people for decades, that it is now in the process of being acquired by the United States Forest Service and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) for the purpose of creating a Wildlife management area from Caseyville in Union County, Kentucky to the former Bells Mines area.

Isaiah L. Potts

Isaiah L. Potts (1784?- after 1843) was born in Loudoun County, Virginia and lived in Union County, Kentucky and Hardin County, Illinois.

Jewish Educational Center

The Jewish Educational Center is a fifteen-year yeshiva school located in Elizabeth, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in Prekindergarten through 12th grades.

Karen Olson

Olson learned that there were hundreds of homeless people, including families, in her home community of Union County, New Jersey.

Marianne Espinosa

In 2005, Judge Espinosa was nominated by Governor Richard Codey to a seat on the Superior Court in Union County.

Mark Trail Wilderness

The Wilderness is located within the borders of the Chattahoochee National Forest in White, Towns, and Union counties, Georgia.

Mildred Barry Hughes

When she won her Senate seat in 1965, she was the first Democrat from Union County, New Jersey to be elected to the Senate in 75 years.

New Jersey Route 124

Route 124 crosses the Passaic River and runs along the border of Millburn, Essex County to the north and Summit, Union County, coming to a large interchange with the Route 24 freeway and CR 649 (John F. Kennedy Parkway).

New Jersey Route 28

Route 28 crosses into Plainfield, Union County, where it becomes county-maintained Front Street, resuming northeast through residential and industrial areas before entering a more residential environment.

Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 22 in Bridgewater Township, Somerset County while its eastern terminus is at Route 27 in Elizabeth, Union County.

New Jersey Route 35

Past U.S. Route 1/9, the road passes homes and businesses, crossing into Rahway, Union County just before crossing the Rahway River.

Peter Van Brugh Livingston

Peter Van Brugh Livingston (bp. November 3, 1710 Albany, Albany County, New York - December 28, 1792 Elizabethtown, Union County, New Jersey) was a Patriot during the American Revolution.

Plainfield Township, New Jersey

On March 19, 1857, it became part of the newly created Union County.

Raven Cliffs Wilderness

The Wilderness is located within the borders of the Chattahoochee National Forest in White, Lumpkin, and Union Counties, Georgia.

Sheepshooters' War

Because the Izee cowboys were successful with their campaigns, a "Sheepshooters Association" was formed in neighboring Crook County and another in Union County.

Thomas Bothwell Jeter

Born in Santuc, South Carolina, five miles north of Carlisle in Union County, Jeter attended and graduated from South Carolina College in 1846.

Union County, Indiana

Hiram Rhodes Revels, first African-American member of the US Senate, representing Mississippi 1870-1871; attended the Union County Quaker Seminary.

Union County is the birthplace of Thomas Warren Bennett, Mary Alice Smith (Little Orphan Annie), Cincinnatus Hiner "Joaquin" Miller, Jay Hall Connaway, Major General Frederick Leroy Martin and Ambrose Burnside.

Union County, Oregon

Union County is located in Oregon State House District 57 which is currently represented by Greg Smith.

Union County, South Carolina

At least five battles were fought in or near Union County, including Musgrove Mill, Fishdam, and Blackstock.

Government programs like the CCC, PWA, and WPA put many Union County residents back to work, and government money helped improve the county's water and sewage plants and public roads.

Union County, Tennessee

Jake Butcher, former banker and politician, convicted of fraud

Whitewater Memorial State Park

Four counties gave up part of their land so that the state of Indiana could create the memorial park: Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne.

William Ritzman House

The William Ritzman House was built in around 1847 by settler William Ritzman, originally from Union County, Pennsylvania.

WJDM

WJDM AM (1530 kHz, "Radio Cantico Nuevo") is a radio station licensed to Elizabeth, New Jersey (the seat of Union County) and the surrounding municipalities and broadcasts a Spanish Christian format.

Woodland Park, New Jersey

There is an unincorporated area called Woodland Park in the city of Summit, in Union County, adjacent to New Providence.


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