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History · Unionville

Unionville’s post office opened in 1861, and 35% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1890.

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0on the National Register
35%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Unionville began

When was Unionville founded?

1861

The Unionville post office opened in 1861, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 414 in 18902020 census: 481165 years
Founding year: the first Unionville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Unionville’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 Unionville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 647 in 1970; 481 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Unionville’s homes were built before 1950.
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Start Unionville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Unionville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Unionville, census by census

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Peaked at 647 in 1970; 481 people lived here in 2020.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Unionville’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Unionville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Unionville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Unionville is a village in Tuscola County, Michigan, United States. As of the 2020 census, Unionville had a population of 481. The village is located in the northwestern corner of Columbia Township.

Its first post office opened in 1861. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 508 to 481 (-5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Unionville, 1963 to 1980

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 647
  4. 1980Born hereHeidi Androl is born here
By decade

Unionville, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Unionville, MI along M-24-252019Unionville, MI along M-24-25MIMap-doton-Unionville2005MIMap-doton-Unionville
On the map

Unionville on the map, 1963 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Unionville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Unionville on the 1963 USGS mapUnionville on the 1984 USGS map1963Sebewaing sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Unionville.

Questions about Unionville’s history

What year was Unionville founded?

The Unionville post office opened in 1861, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.