Union County Abstract Office, Inc.

Union County Abstract Office, Inc. is a title company in Carbondale, IL. The firm operates as a Chicago Title policy issuing agent serving Union County, Illinois, and provides title abstracts and title insurance for property owners, lenders, attorneys, and real estate buyers throughout the area. The office's location address is on West Market Street in Jonesboro, IL, where the company can be reached by phone, fax, or email during weekday business hours of 8:30 AM to noon and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

The business has deep roots in Union County, tracing back to 1902 when Will Lingle opened the original Lingle Abstract Office alongside his wife Stella. After Will's passing in 1974, Stella managed the office alone before selling half to Bob Toler, with the firm then operating as Lingle-Toler Abstract. In 1976, Stella retired and Toler purchased the remainder. In 1986, Toler acquired the separate Union County Abstract Office from local attorney Cord Finch, incorporating the combined operation as Union County Abstract Office, Inc. Following Bob Toler's passing in 1988, his daughter Susan Holderfield assumed ownership. J.R. Holderfield, Susan's son, joined the firm in 1999, and her daughter Robin Hawk came on board in 2016. In 2025, J.R. Holderfield and Robin Hawk purchased the business from Susan Holderfield. Susan, J.R., and Robin each maintain direct email contact through the office for client matters.

The firm's core services include title abstracts, which compile the recorded history of deeds, wills, mortgages, and other documents affecting a particular property's chain of ownership, and title insurance, which protects owners and lenders against loss from liens, encumbrances, or defects already attached to the title at the time of closing. The abstract office's services support vacant land, residential, and commercial property transactions across the county.

The office sits on West Market Street, about a tenth of a mile from West Side Elementary School and a similar distance from McLeansboro High School. Greg James Memorial Park is roughly two-tenths of a mile away, and the McCoy Memorial Library, housed in the Aaron G. Cloud House, is also about two-tenths of a mile from the location. South Washington Street lies nearby, with Market Street itself about three-tenths of a mile further along.

Now in its fourth generation of family ownership, Union County Abstract Office, Inc. brings more than a century of continuous service to Union County real estate transactions.