Mount Union, Pennsylvania

Mount Union, Pennsylvania
Borough
Shirley and Jefferson Streets, downtown, in 1990
Nickname:  Bricktown USA
Location of Mount Union in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
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Coordinates: 40°23′5″N 77°53′0″W / 40.38472°N 77.88333°W / 40.38472; -77.88333
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Huntingdon
Settled	1849
Incorporated	1867
Government
• Type	Borough Council
• Mayor	Tim Allison
Area [1]
• Total	1.24 sq mi (3.20 km2)
• Land	1.16 sq mi (3.00 km2)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.20 km2)  2.59%
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	2,308
• Density	1,991.37/sq mi (768.62/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip code	17066
Area code	814
FIPS code	42-51984
Website	www.mtunionpa.org

Mount Union is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 44 miles (71 km) southeast of Altoona and 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Huntingdon, on the Juniata River. In the vicinity are found bituminous coal, ganister rock, fire clay, and some timber. A major Easter grass factory is located in the northern quadrant of the borough limits; until May 2007, the facility was owned by Bleyer Industries.^[3] The population was 2,447 at the 2010 census.