Unionville, Tennessee

CDP in Tennessee, United States

35°37′18″N 86°35′33″W / 35.62167°N 86.59250°W / 35.62167; -86.59250CountryUnited StatesStateTennesseeCountyBedfordArea

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• Total9.03 sq mi (23.39 km²) • Land9.03 sq mi (23.39 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

722 ft (220 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,394 • Density154.34/sq mi (59.59/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

37180

Area code931GNIS feature ID1273262^[3]

Unionville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Bedford County, Tennessee. Its population was 1,394 as of the 2020 census.^[4] Unionville has a post office with ZIP code 37180.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	1,368	—
2020	1,394	1.9%
U.S. Decennial Census^[5]

History

Unionville was platted in 1827, and named for the fact two rival settlements merged with the new name.^[6] A post office has been in operation at Unionville since 1837.^[7]

Education

Unionville contains three Bedford County public schools, the Community Elementary School (kindergarten to grade 5), the Community Middle School (grades 6 to 8), and Community High School (grades 9 to 12).^[8]

Notable person

The community was the birthplace of Tennessee governor Jim Nance McCord, born in 1879.^[9]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ "Flintville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1886. p. 880.
^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
^ A Brief History of Community Middle School, Community Middle School website, accessed March 27, 2010
^ Jim Nance McCord Archived May 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture