{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Union Mills, Iowa |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto =
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==Geography== Union Mills lies in sections 22 and 27 of Union Township. It lies at the junction of 135 Street and Parkin Avenue (County Road T65).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://iowadot.gov/media/6048/download?inline | title=Highway and Transportation Map - Mahaska County, Iowa | publisher=IowaDOT.gov | date=2024-01-01 | accessdate=20 August 2025}}</ref>
== History == A post office was established at Union Mills in 1848, and was discontinued in 1857. The post office was reestablished in 1863 and was discontinued in 1907; it was briefly known as Widow's Home.<ref>{{GNIS|1970730|name=Wright Post Office (historical)}}</ref>
The population of Union Mills was estimated at 50 in 1887,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cram |first=George Franklin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPAwAQAAMAAJ&dq=cram%2527s+1885+atlas&pg=PA330 |title=Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States |date=1887 |publisher=G.F. Cram |pages=367–369 |language=en}}</ref> was 60 in 1902,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AzrWecxN1wC |title=Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition |date=1902 |publisher=J. R. Gray & Company |pages=203–207 |language=en}}</ref> and was 52 in 1925.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ |title=Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions |date=1925 |publisher=Rand McNally & Company |pages=190 |language=en}}</ref> The population was 30 in 1940.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=313 |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Iowa}} *Lacey, Iowa
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