Free Union is a census-designated place (CDP) in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States, ten miles north-northwest of Charlottesville. The population as of the 2020 Census was 187. It is a very small hamlet consisting of a private school (Free Union Country School), a doctor’s office, a make known office, a country store, a homebuilder, and several dozen homes. Otherwise it is enormously rural in character.

The area was first contracted in the mid-18th century and became a allocation of Albemarle County in 1761. The village was originally referred to as Nicksville after a clear slave blacksmith named Nick, who opened a blacksmith’s shop there in the upfront 19th century. When a state office was acknowledged in 1847, it was unchangeable the say of Free Union to avoid confusion once Nixville, another post office in the county. The read out was taken from that of the Free Union Church, which had been built in 1837 and is nevertheless operating as the Free Union Baptist Church. The church was “free” in that anything races were within plenty limits to worship there, and it was a “union” of four denominations of Christianity, none of which could have afforded a church of their own at that time. Free Union continued to be known as Nixville until the in advance 20th century, when the say office’s publicize caught on.

The Ballard-Maupin House was extra to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Climate is characterized by relatively tall temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is “Cfa” (Humid Subtropical Climate).