Unionville NV 1870s 002-Colorized, 1870
Unionville’s story
164 years in pictures
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1870 and 2 maps from 1954 on.
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UnionvilleNV
A town in Nevada.
Photo: Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Settled
1862
164 years ago
Is Unionville a good place to live?
Unionville’s typical July afternoon high is 92°F, where Nevada’s towns sit at 94°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. Unionville’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile, against 2.0 in Nevada’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. We don’t grade Unionville yet; the figures below are still real.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Unionville.
Climate
Four seasons and hot summers: that is Unionville’s year
12″snow a winter
Summers in Unionville are hot, and winters chilly, with very little rain. Summer afternoons peak near 92° in July, and January nights bottom out around 22°; snowfall runs to about 12 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
Winter23–44°
Spring35–63°
Summer54–88°
Fall36–66°
Sep 27
typical first frost
May 17
typical last frost
+1.1°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health
How healthy Unionville is
Unionville: nearly a fifth of adults report frequent mental distress. Two figures for adults in the town: 18% smoke cigarettes, 24% say their health is fair or poor.
| Unionville | Typical Nevada town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 22% | 19% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 74% | 79% |
32 measures vs. Nevada
4 better20 too close to call8 worse
| What stands out | Unionville | NV |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 10.5% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.3% | 15.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.2% | 11.6% |
Pershing General Hospital
26.6 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazards
The biggest natural risk in Unionville is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
58risk score of 100
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 58% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 32% of Unionville’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 28% to wildfires.
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingWildfireDrought
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0%
conserved · 0 of 492 acres
0.7 mi
of trails · 0.9 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Unionville Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Unionville
12pages on Unionville
The big questions
Day to day
Getting set up
Moving to Unionville: who provides what
Unionville is unincorporated, so Pershing County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerNV Energy13.7¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & county servicesPershing CountyPershing County provides services here
Register to voteOnlineIn Nevada you can register online until 5 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before).vote.govWho runs elections herePershing County ClerkPershing County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2023
ZIP code8941889418 100%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
After high school
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Unionville; the nearest are
About Unionville
Census-designated place in Pershing County, Nevada, United States
Unionville is a census-designated place in Pershing County, Nevada, located south of Interstate 80 and just west of State Route 400 on Unionville Road, with the population as of the 2020 census being 27. The town's best years were during the 1870s, when it was an active mining and prospecting town serving the surrounding hilly region. For a brief time, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (better known as Mark Twain) lived there and prospected, but left without having had much success. Currently, the hamlet consists of a single business – a tourist inn – and a few small houses clustered along or near the gravel roadway which permits vehicular ingress and egress. The nearest paved road, an extension of.…
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