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Welcome to Unionville ...

Unionville is located in Lewis and Clark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Unionville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Unionville is 4,910 feet [1,497 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Unionville is about 1 mile [or 1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Unionville lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Unionville: 406

Communities Also Named Unionville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 56 communities that are also named Unionville - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut (2), Georgia (4), Illinois (3), Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (4), Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Missouri, Nevada (2), New Jersey (4), New York (8), North Carolina, Ohio (6), Ontario, Pennsylvania (8), Tennessee (2) and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Unionville.

Communities near Unionville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Unionville.

  • Helena
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,737 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <3>
  • East Helena
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Fort Harrison
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Alhambra
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Alhambra is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
  • Clancy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Montana City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Rimini ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rimini is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimini
  • Birdseye
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
  • Austin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Austin is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
  • Frontier Town
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Frontier Town is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Town

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Unionville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Unionville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Unionville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Unionville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Unionville. See our Newspapers Page for Unionville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Unionville ...

Looking for more information about Unionville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Unionville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Unionville.

Adding Unionville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Unionville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Unionville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Unionville post office opened in 1869. The Unionville post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Unionville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Lewis and Clark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Unionville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/