Morganfield and the Ohio River west
Union County occupies a stretch of the Ohio River in northwestern Kentucky, west of Henderson. The county seat is Morganfield. The river forms much of the county’s northern and western edge, with Illinois and Indiana counties listed as neighbors in the U.S. Census Bureau adjacency file (Gallatin and Hardin counties in Illinois, and Posey County, Indiana), along with Crittenden, Henderson, and Webster counties in Kentucky.
Towns and communities
Census 2020 incorporated cities in Union County are Morganfield, Sturgis, Uniontown, and Waverly. Breckinridge Center is a Census-designated place west of Morganfield; the name recalls the former Camp Breckinridge military reservation that occupied a large tract in this part of the county. Sturgis and Uniontown sit closer to the river towns of the west and north, while Waverly is a smaller incorporated city in the eastern part of the county.
Land and setting
This is farm-and-river country. Bottomland along the Ohio, upland fields, and wooded tracts are all part of the landscape. Buyers looking at river-adjacent land should plan for ordinary due diligence on access, flood plain, and levees or easements where they exist. There is no Kentucky Lake or Lake Barkley shoreline in Union County; those reservoirs lie farther southwest. Recreation here is more often a matter of the river, local farms, and drives into neighboring counties.
Schools
Union County Schools is the public district, listed by NCES and the Kentucky Department of Education, with an address on U.S. Highway 60 West in Morganfield. The state’s district map does not show a separate independent district in this county. Confirm school assignment by address with the district.
Getting around
U.S. 60 is the main east–west highway through Morganfield, connecting toward Henderson to the east and toward Crittenden County and Paducah-area routes to the southwest. I-69 does not run through Union County; the interstate is in neighboring Henderson and Webster counties, so many residents connect to it by a short drive east. State routes tie Sturgis, Uniontown, and Waverly to the seat.
Homes, farms, and land
Property types commonly include houses in Morganfield and Sturgis, smaller-town homes in Uniontown and Waverly, farms, and land toward the river. Tradewater Realty helps buyers and sellers of homes, farms, and land in Union County. Listings, prices, and counts are not invented on this page; they will display from IDX Broker and WKRMLS when that feed is connected. Whether you are looking at a house in Morganfield, a farm between the towns, or a tract toward the river, the same local broker can walk the property with you.