Union Hill

The Hugh and Lucy Kerr family from Tennessee started the Kerr settlement in this area in 1831. W. B. McClellan (1804-80) from North Carolina bought land from W. P. Kerr in 1844 and began a second settlement. Union Academy was operating by 1850. Union Hill Post Office opened in 1854. Mrs. Lucy Kerr gave acreage at this point for a Methodist church; Masonic lodge and school soon shared the site. Stores, a hotel, and other buildings stood to the west. Unincorporated, the town of 800 dwindled after 1870, as railroad facilities in Burton (2 mi. south) drew away the local businesses.

Union Hill is a historical marker in Burton, Washington County, dedicated in 1976. It is one of 156 historical markers documented in Washington County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 368 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.2021, -96.6127 near Burton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gantt-Jones House (historical marker), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Kerr, Broesche, and Linbeck.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5477008396. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.