Unionville is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in
East Marlborough Township in southern
Chester County Chester County may refer to:
* Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
** Chester County Council, boy scout council in Pennsylvania.
* Chester County, South Carolina, United States
* Chester County, Tennessee, United States
* Cheshire
...
,
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
, United States. It was originally known as Jacksonville. The
Unionville Village Historic District was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1979.
As of 2020, the CDP has a population of 577.
Education
Unionville is located in the
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District.
Sports
Unionville High School is a member of the Ches-mont league since 2007, in PIAA District 1.
Notable people
*
John H. Pugh (1827–1905), represented
New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...
, 1877-1879
John Howard Pugh
''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
The ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'' (Bioguide) is a biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress and its predecessor, the Continental Congress. Also included are Delegates fr ...
''. Accessed August 27, 2007.
*I. Milton Smith, poet in the latter half of the nineteenth century; born in Unionville
References
External links
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District websiteEast Marlborough Township website
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Unincorporated communities in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania