The Union Township Cemetery is also known as the Milford Center Cemetery. It was originally started as a private cemetery by the George Brown Family before 1828. H. Burnham purchased the land from George Brown and used the burial ground as his family cemetery for a time. In the late 1820s, the residents of Milford Center took a subscription so that the community could purchase the burial ground for public use. After this campaign was successful, residents of the village purchased the cemetery.
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| The Old Winter Vault |
In 1834, the Upper Liberty Presbyterian Church (later known as the Milford Center Presbyterian Church) erected a brick church adjacent to the cemetery. This congregation built a second church near the cemetery in 1871. This later brick church is still adjacent to the cemetery today, but it is now used as a garage.
Over the years, the cemetery has grown to become the largest cemetery in Union Township. It is also one of the larger cemeteries in all of Union County. The cemetery is cared for by the Union Township Trustees. In the summer of 2012 a derecho destroyed many of the older trees in the cemetery. Those trees have been replaced by the Union Township Trustees.
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| The Burial Vault in Union Township's Milford Center Cemetery |
The Union Township Cemetery is also known as the Milford Center Cemetery. It was originally started as a private cemetery by the George Brown Family before 1828. H. Burnham purchased the land from George Brown and used the burial ground as his family cemetery for a time. In the late 1820s, the residents of Milford Center took a subscription so that the community could purchase the burial ground for public use. After this campaign was successful, residents of the village purchased the cemetery. 
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