Editing Uniontown, Ohio

{{For|the unincorporated community in Belmont County|Uniontown, Belmont County, Ohio}}
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| area_code          = [[Area code 330|330]]
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'''Uniontown''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Stark County, Ohio]], United States. The population was 7,173 at the [[United States Census 2020|2020 census]].

The Industrial Excess Landfill, now a [[superfund site]], is located south of Uniontown.<ref>{{Cite web  |title=Superfund Record of Decision |url=http://epa.ohio.gov/portals/30/remedial/docs/DD/Industrial%20Excess%201989.pdf |access-date=2020-08-23 |archive-date=2017-02-16 |date=1989-07-17 |website=[[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] Ohio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216155255/http://epa.ohio.gov/portals/30/remedial/docs/DD/Industrial%20Excess%201989.pdf }}</ref> 
 
Uniontown is part of the [[Canton-Massillon metropolitan area|Canton-Massillon, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
Uniontown was [[plat]]ted in 1816.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lehman|first=John H.|title=A Standard History of Stark County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Civic and Social Development |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081844692;view=1up;seq=118|year=1916|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|page=80}}</ref> Two stagecoach lines which met near the original town site caused the name "Union" to be selected.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=152|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=136}}</ref>  By the 1830s, Uniontown had a church, schoolhouse, [[Tanning (leather)|tannery]], tavern, and two stores.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ | title=The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary | publisher=Scott and Wright | year=1833 | access-date=12 December 2013 | author=Kilbourn, John | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ/page/n491 455]}}</ref> A post office called Uniontown has been in operation since 1920.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Stark | title=Stark County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref>

==Superfund Site==
A pit from prior sand and gravel mining was turned into a [[landfill]] in 1966, the so called [[Industrial Excess Landfill]] (IEL), which accepted solid and liquid waste of [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]]'s rubber industry as well as [[Black Shale|black shale]] and [[coal ash]], military waste, and various other industrial wastes including [[plutonium]], according to former landfill owner Charles Kittinger. The 30 acre landfill closed in 1980 and left soil and groundwater contamination behind, with recurring plumes of toxic vapors for years to come.<ref name="cleve">{{Cite news |last=Cooley |first=Patrick |last2=clevel |last3=.com |date=2017-01-26 |title=The 16 most toxic sites in Ohio, according to the EPA |language=en |work=Cleveland.com, Advanced Local Media |url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2017/01/the_most_toxic_sites_in_ohio.html |access-date=2020-08-23}}</ref> In 1983, concerned citizens raised the issue of health effects from IEL's contamination.<ref name="sfbv">{{Cite news |last=Burns |first=Karpani |date=2020-08-20 |title=2020 hindsight brings corrupted radiation testing into focus at the EPA – Part 1 |language=en-US |work=San Francisco Bay View |url=https://sfbayview.com/2020/08/2020-hindsight-brings-corrupted-radiation-testing-into-focus-at-the-epa-part-1/ |access-date=2020-08-23}}</ref> EPA listed IEL as a [[Superfund]] site in 1984. They determined that a toxic plume moved in a radial pattern away from the site in all directions. A soil vapor intrusion control system was installed in areas where residents could not be evacuated. In 1989, EPA hired [[Tetra Tech]] to conduct cleanup efforts.<ref name="sfbv" /> In 2004, EPA considering the clean-up finished and shut down monitoring wells.<ref name="cleve" />

==Geography==
Uniontown is located along the [[Tuscarawas River]].<ref>[[DeLorme]] (1991). ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''.  Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN|0-89933-233-1}}.</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|2.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|2.5|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}} (0.79%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 7173
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
Uniontown is part of the [[Canton-Massillon metropolitan area|Canton-Massillon, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 2,802 people, 1,141 households, and 861 families in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|1,122.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,171 housing units at an average density of {{convert|469.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the CDP was 98.14% White, 0.32% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.54% Asian, 0.14% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.50%.<ref name="GR2" />

Of the 1,141 households 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.7% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 21.5% of households were one person and 10.2% were one person aged 65 or older.  The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.86.

The age distribution was 20.9% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 30.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% 65 or older.  The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 90.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.

The median household income was $47,206 and the median family income  was $60,510. Males had a median income of $45,212 versus $28,625 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $23,108.  About 0.8% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Uniontown has a public library, a branch of Stark County District Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://starklibrary.org/home/locations| title=Locations | publisher=Stark County District Library | access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Stark County, Ohio}}
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Stark County, Ohio]]