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More historic than 3% of U.S. towns · #245 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it
Most of Union City was built recently: 0.8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2002. Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1910.
The Union City post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 3% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Union City is more historic than 3% of U.S. towns, #245 of 263 in Georgia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
Georgia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Georgia town has 10.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Union City’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (16% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Union City’s history is told.
Union City’s post office has been open since 1907.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikipedia’s history of Union City.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Union City in 1908. One source claims that the town was named for the union of rails at a railroad junction, while another version states the name commemorates a "Farmer's Union" which once was headquartered here.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
2020Union City, GA Small Gateway Signage
2020Union City, GA City Hall Sign
2020Union City, GA - City Hall
2020City Hall - Union City
2019ISS059-E-104695 - View of The State of Georgia
2019ISS059-E-104694 - View of The State of Georgia
2018Union City, GA Gateway Signage
2017US29-GA14-GA92-GA138signs
2015Union City Hall, Georgia
2015Downtown Union City, Georgia
2013Union City, GA
2005GAMap-doton-UnionCityEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Union City. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Union City.
Grew from 534 people in 1910 to 26,830 in 2020, more than tenfold.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Union City’s Wikipedia page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Union City post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Union City is more historic than 3% of U.S. towns, #245 of 263 in Georgia. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
0.8% of Union City’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 2002.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (12), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
