Editing Union Point, Georgia

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'''Union Point''' is a city in [[Greene County, Georgia|Greene County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city population was 1,597.

==History==
Union Point was laid out in 1834, when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/union-point | title=Union Point | publisher=GeorgiaGov | access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref> The name "Union Point" reflects the fact a [[railroad junction]] ("union" of rails) met at the site.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/u.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=237 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Union Point as a city in 1904.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0cpJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA678|year=1904|page=678}}</ref>

==Geography==
Union Point is located in eastern Greene County at {{coord|33|36|59|N|83|4|26|W|type:city}} (33.616263, -83.073905).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 278]] passes through the city as Lamb Avenue, leading east {{convert|11|mi}} to [[Crawfordville, Georgia|Crawfordville]] and west {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Greensboro, Georgia|Greensboro]], the Greene County seat. [[Georgia State Route 77]] leads north {{convert|23|mi}} to [[Lexington, Georgia|Lexington]] and south {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Interstate 20]] at [[Siloam, Georgia|Siloam]], and [[Georgia State Route 44|State Route 44]] leads northeast {{convert|22|mi}} to [[Washington, Georgia|Washington]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Union Point has a total area of {{convert|5.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.07|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 1.34%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1378380| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Union Point city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=November 29, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 576
|1910= 1363
|1920= 1126
|1930= 1627
|1940= 1566
|1950= 1724
|1960= 1615
|1970= 1624
|1980= 1750
|1990= 1753
|2000= 1669
|2010= 1617
|2020= 1597
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1870-1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=251–256}}</ref><br> 1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1970<ref name=1970CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |website=[[US Census Bureau]]|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Union Point, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Union Point city, Georgia, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US1378380|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Union Point city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1378380&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Union Point city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1378380&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|849
|657
|style='background: #ffffe6; |534
|50.87%
|40.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |33.44%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|768
|858
|style='background: #ffffe6; |858
|46.02%
|53.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |53.73%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|0.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.13%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|11
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15
|0.66%
|0.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.94%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|0
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |48
|0.00%
|0.68%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.01%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|35
|85
|style='background: #ffffe6; |140
|2.10%
|5.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.77%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,669'''
|'''1,617'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''1,597'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2000 Census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,669 people, 651 households, and 421 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|811.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 744 housing units at an average density of {{convert|361.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 51.47% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 46.38% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.66% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.84% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.66% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.10% of the population.

There were 651 households, out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 24.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,384, and the median income for a family was $32,284. Males had a median income of $26,484 versus $20,071 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,715. About 14.0% of families and 18.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 27.1% of those under age 18 and 13.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
* [[Jennie Hart Sibley]] (1846–1917), president, Union Point Garden Club; president, Georgia W.C.T.U.; president, U.D.C.

==See also==
*[[Jefferson Hall (Union Point, Georgia)]]
*[[Thornton House (Stone Mountain, Georgia)]]

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://www.unionpointga.org/ City of Union Point official website]
* [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/greene/bethesda-baptist-church Bethesda Baptist Church] historical marker

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