Editing Unionville, Missouri (section)

==History==
Unionville was first named Harmony when established in 1853 as the county seat for Putnam County. Prior to that the county seat had moved several times, often with heated debate, thus the centralized location hoping to bring "harmony" to all concerned. (see [[Putnam County, Missouri|Putnam County]] history for more details)

The [[Union Township, Putnam County, Missouri|Union Township]] trustees first met on February 4, 1873, at the court-house in Unionville.<ref>[https://putnam.mogenweb.org/townships/pc-township-history.html Putnam County History]. Accessed 20 August 2021.</ref><ref name=GmapUnionTwpPutnamMO>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Union+Township,+MO+63565/@40.5293343,-93.1029799,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87e85414040de347:0x2a64bbed47c047be!8m2!3d40.5339366!4d-93.0375914 Google Map: Union Township, MO]. Accessed 20 August 2021.</ref> Since that day, Unionville straddles the municipal border between Union Township and [[Wilson Township, Putnam County, Missouri|Wilson Township]].<ref name=GmapWilsonTwpPutnamMO>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wilson+Township,+MO+63565/@40.4285554,-93.0962943,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87e84df75e41ad59:0x96c56f5707b04e25!8m2!3d40.4118649!4d-93.0375914 Google Map: Wilson Township, MO]. Accessed 20 August 2021.</ref>

On May 22, 1962, [[Continental Airlines Flight 11]], en route from [[O'Hare Airport]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]] to the downtown [[Kansas City, Missouri]] airport, crashed in a clover field north of Unionville, near Lake Thunderhead, killing all 37 passengers and 8 crew. Investigators subsequently determined that one of the jetliner's passengers, [[Thomas Doty|Thomas G. Doty]], detonated a bomb inside the [[Boeing 707]] in a suicide-for-insurance plot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinbeck |first=Dan |date=2022-05-17 |title=The crash of Flight 11 |url=https://missourilife.com/the-crash-of-flight-11/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Missouri Life Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>