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History · Uniontown

Uniontown’s post office opened in 1873, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Uniontown began

When was Uniontown founded?

1873

The Uniontown post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Turkey Creek (1858), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 293153 years
Founding year: the first Uniontown post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Uniontown’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Uniontown are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Uniontown’s homes were built before 1954.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Uniontown’s history is told.

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The story

How Uniontown came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Uniontown.

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A post office was established in 1856, approximately two miles east of the present town. Uniontown was moved to its present site circa 1865. The early settlers being loyal to the Union in the Civil War caused the name to be selected. Throughout the twentieth century, the town was served by the Missouri Pacific Railroad.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Uniontown, 1858 to 1942

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1858Post officeThe Turkey Creek post office opens
  3. 1873Post officeThe Turkey Creek post office closes
  4. 1873Post officeThe Uniontown post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1942Born hereDon Dennis is born here
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Uniontown, decade by decade

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Uniontown’s post office has been open since 1873. Another post office, Turkey Creek, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Turkey Creek
1858–1873
Uniontown
1873–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Uniontown’s history

What year was Uniontown founded?

The Uniontown post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.