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==History== | ==History== | ||
The area was first settled in the mid-1700s and became a part of [[Albemarle County]] in 1761. The village was originally referred to as Nicksville after a free slave blacksmith named Nick, who opened a blacksmith's shop there in the early 1800s. When a post office was established in 1847, it was given the name of Free Union to avoid confusion with Nixville, another post office in the county.<ref name="fuh">{{cite web| title = Village of Free Union History| url=http://freeunion.com/history.html | accessdate = 2007-09-08}}</ref> The name was taken from that of the Free Union Church, which had been built in 1837 and is still operating as the Free Union Baptist Church. The church was "free" in that all races were welcome to worship there, and it was a "union" of four denominations of Christianity, none of which could have afforded a church of their own at that time.<ref name="fuh"/> Free Union continued to be known as Nixville until the early 1900s, when the post office's name caught on.<ref>{{cite | The area was first settled in the mid-1700s and became a part of [[Albemarle County]] in 1761. The village was originally referred to as Nicksville after a free slave blacksmith named Nick, who opened a blacksmith's shop there in the early 1800s. When a post office was established in 1847, it was given the name of Free Union to avoid confusion with Nixville, another post office in the county.<ref name="fuh">{{cite web|title = Village of Free Union History| url=http://freeunion.com/history.html | accessdate = 2007-09-08}}</ref> The name was taken from that of the Free Union Church, which had been built in 1837 and is still operating as the Free Union Baptist Church. The church was "free" in that all races were welcome to worship there, and it was a "union" of four denominations of Christianity, none of which could have afforded a church of their own at that time.<ref name="fuh"/> Free Union continued to be known as Nixville until the early 1900s, when the post office's name caught on.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=121304064644348&z_Issue_ID=11042806071105444&ShowArchiveArticle_ID=11042906070771159&Year=2007 |date=2007-07-03 |publisher=Portico Publications |citedate=2009-03-04 |work=C-Ville Weekly |title=Free information}}</ref> | ||
==Landmarks== | ==Landmarks== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
{{OnWikipedia|Free_Union,_Virginia}} | *{{OnWikipedia|Free_Union,_Virginia}} | ||
*[http://freeunion.com/ Free Union Community website] | |||
[http://freeunion.com/ Free Union Community website] | |||
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Free Union is a community in Albemarle County.
History
The area was first settled in the mid-1700s and became a part of Albemarle County in 1761. The village was originally referred to as Nicksville after a free slave blacksmith named Nick, who opened a blacksmith's shop there in the early 1800s. When a post office was established in 1847, it was given the name of Free Union to avoid confusion with Nixville, another post office in the county.[1] The name was taken from that of the Free Union Church, which had been built in 1837 and is still operating as the Free Union Baptist Church. The church was "free" in that all races were welcome to worship there, and it was a "union" of four denominations of Christianity, none of which could have afforded a church of their own at that time.[1] Free Union continued to be known as Nixville until the early 1900s, when the post office's name caught on.[2]
Landmarks
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Web. Village of Free Union History, retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ↑ Web. Free information, C-Ville Weekly, Portico Publications