Union Star is a small city located along the Third Fork of the Platte River in DeKalb County, Missouri. It is the only incorporated municipality in the United States with that name, although there is an unincorporated community in Kentucky named Union Star. Settled in the mid-1800s, the community was originally named Third Forks, whose post office was established in 1863. Shortly after the Civil War, a star route was laid out from St. Joseph, and the Third Forks post office was renamed Union Star. The original town included eleven blocks, extending from the railroad to the Methodist church west, to the highway north, and the Locust Street south. The city is situated along US Highway 169, which becomes Walnut Street within the city limits. Surrounding or nearby communities include Empire Prairie, Flag Springs, Helena, King City, Oak, Orchid, Rochester, Whitesville, and Winslow. St. Joseph is twenty-seven miles to the southwest.
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Chartered by Union Star Station in 2002, the youth organization is part of the Robidoux District of the Boy Scouts of America, meeting at the Union Star Scout Cabin, and serving boys in grades one through five, or up to the age of ten. General information about Cub Scouts is offered, along with meeting schedules, a calendar of events, and leadership contacts.
http://www.ponyexpressbsa.org/Pack82UnionStarMO/Meetings
Also known as Perkins Cemetery, the graveyard is situated in Union Star, DeKalb County, Missouri. Photographs of the grounds and several of the headstones and memorials, the names, dates of birth and death, family information, and other statistics relating to the interred are also available.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=297671
Located along NW Thornton Road, the cemetery is in Union Star, Missouri. Pictures of the grounds and several of the headstones and memorials are featured, along with the names, dates of birth and death, and other details of people who are interred in the cemetery are presented.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=297301
Union Star First Baptist Church
A member of the St. Joseph Baptist Association, the congregation meets at its facilities at 8th and Walnut in Union Star, Missouri. Sunday and Wednesday schedules are provided, along with pastoral contacts and office hours. Announcements are posted to the web site.
http://www.stjosephbaptistassociation.org/fbcunionstar/
The Union Star School is a K-12th grade public school facility in Union Star, Missouri. A district calendar and newsletter, faculty and staff contacts, office hours, school closing notices and other announcements, policy information, and access to various reports and forms are posted on the site.
http://www.usr2.com/
