Union New Hampshire Map

About Union, New Hampshire

Union is a locality in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. It is a small community with a population of 196. The population density is 243.3 people per km². Union is located at 43.4915°N, 71.0231°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 03887.

Union defines itself by the rhythmic pull of the Branch River, which carves a deliberate path through a terrain defined by stubborn granite and dense, enduring woodlands. It lies 13.1 miles north of Rochester, NH (from Rochester, NH: bearing 350°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-northeast of Farmington. The air here holds a crisp, persistent weight, settling over the landscape with the quiet gravity of a place that has long understood the geometry of its own shadows. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the White Mountains marks the edge of the horizon, while closer at hand, the terrain softens into the quiet, reflective stillness of Lily Pond. The landscape is a mosaic of heavy timber and cleared fields, punctuated by the shadows of the Middleton Town Forest, where the silence is broken only by the shifting of pine needles or the sudden, sharp movement of a hawk against the gray sky.

Union bears the quiet weight of its origins, rooted in a history of labor that favored the mill and the workshop over the sprawl of modern industry. The local economy persists with a steady, pragmatic pulse, echoing the independence of earlier generations who built stone walls that still fracture the woodland floor like veins of dark, unyielding ore. Life in Union moves with an unpretentious pace, where the legacy of the nineteenth-century industrial spirit lingers in the sturdy architecture and the deep, abiding respect for the seasonal turn of the land. Whether observing the light as it catches the surface of the Branch River at dusk or noting the way the frost clings to the granite outcroppings, one recognizes a locality that exists not for the sake of the traveler, but for the quiet integrity of its own enduring character.

About This Union Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Union, New Hampshire. Coordinates: 43.491469, -71.023121. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Union includes the ZIP code (03887), telephone area code (603), county seat of Carroll County (Ossipee), and school district assignment (Wakefield School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.