Editing Uniontown, Kansas (section)

==History==
A post office was established in 1856, approximately two miles east of the present town. Uniontown was moved to its present site ''circa'' 1865.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n808 826]}}</ref> The early settlers being loyal to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] caused the name to be selected.<ref>{{cite book|last=Capace|first=Nancy|title=Encyclopedia of Kansas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSFZV1bcgOQC&pg=PA282|date=1 June 2000|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC|isbn=978-0-403-09312-0|page=282}}</ref> Throughout the twentieth century, the town was served by the [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]].