More historic than 41% of U.S. towns · #743 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Most of Uniontown was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1901 on and old-book passages.
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1823.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Uniontown’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Uniontown is more historic than 41% of U.S. towns, #743 of 993 in Ohio. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Uniontown’s overall grade.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Uniontown’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
NoteThe founding year comes from Wikipedia alone; no second source gives 1816.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. The pre-1940 share (±2.6 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: Wikipedia (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 →
What stands out about Uniontown’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Uniontown was platted in 1816. Two stagecoach lines which met near the original town site caused the name "Union" to be selected. By the 1830s, Uniontown had a church, schoolhouse, tannery, tavern, and two stores. In 1880, the Valley Railroad through Myersville caused businesses to move away, so Unionville became more residential. In 1904 trolleys connected Uniontown with Greentown, Cleveland and Canton. Uniontown never incorporated.
A post office called Uniontown has been in operation since 1920.
meeting house for public worship be built, and in July following it was resolved that two meeting houses be built. It would appear that the first meeting house was built on the Rogers farm some six miles south of Uniontown, near Ashcraft's fort. And at a meeting held September 15, 1787, it was resolved that a meeting house be built on the great road about one-fourth of a mile from Uniontown. This was the second meeting house 708
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ber 7, 1770, and in July, 1780, this church resolved to build two meeting houses : the first one to be located on the Rogers farm, later the Fairchance Furnace company's farm, about six miles south of Uniontown and near Ichabod Ashcraft's fort. Work seems to have been delayed on this meeting house, as on June 19, 1784, it was resolved that members should work on the
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
In 1816, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Uniontown’s post office opened in 1823.
How does Uniontown rank for history?
Uniontown is more historic than 41% of U.S. towns, #743 of 993 in Ohio. 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.
How old are the homes in Uniontown?
6% of Uniontown’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.6 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1977.
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 (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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