Uniontown’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 5 old photos of Uniontown. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗First settled in 1818, the area that would become Uniontown was initially called Woodville after the first family settling there; the town was incorporated on December 23, 1836. Woodville was the terminus of one of the earliest plank roads (a road paved with wooden planks) in the state, which was constructed in 1848 and connected Woodville with Demopolis. The Alabama and Mississippi Railroad came through the town in 1857.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Uniontown’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Uniontown’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewHerding cattle in Hale county. Ne…, 1941: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Uniontown, decade by decade
1990s
unknown4 items
6 historic places in Uniontown
Uniontown has 6 listings on the National Register, and they protect 122 historic buildings, because Uniontown Historic District alone counts 104.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1974WestwoodListed 1984Westwood (Boundary Increase)
Listed 1984Pitts' FollyListed 1984Westwood Plantation(Boundary Increase)
Listed 1992Fairhope Plantation
Listed 2000Uniontown Historic DistrictThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Herding cattle in Hale county. Near Uniontown, Alabama (1941) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.