UNION RIDGE, TEXAS. Union Ridge, a rural community ten miles northeast of Gilmer on Farm Road 1975 in northeastern Upshur County, was first settled sometime after the Civil War.qv A school was in operation by the turn of the century, and in 1906 it had eighty-four students. In the mid-1930s Union Ridge had three churches, a school, and several stores and houses. After World War IIqv the school was consolidated with the Gilmer district, but in the mid-1960s the community still had three churches, several stores, a community center, a rodeo arena, and a number of houses. In 1990 Union Grove was a dispersed rural community; the community center and churches were still present. No population estimates are available.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Doyal T. Loyd, A History of Upshur County (Gilmer, Texas: Gilmer Mirror, 1966).
Christopher Long
