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Welcome to Unity ...

So far, we found very little information about Unity. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Unity to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Unity, please Contact Us.


Unity was located on the South Texas Plains.

Unity would have been located within present day Wilson County<2>.


The location of Unity has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Unity, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Unity is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Unity was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Unity still existed, it would have been in the (830) area code.

Communities Also Named Unity ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Unity: This one is located in Wilson County and the other is located in Lamar County.

Beyond Texas, there are 36 communities that are also named Unity - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (3), Georgia (3), Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Unity ...

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

  • Floresville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Hedwig
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Hedwig have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hedwig
    • Saint Hedwig is located in Bexar County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,529 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Hedwig <5>
  • Nixon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Nixon is located in Gonzales County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixon <5>
  • Poth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poth
    • Poth is located in Wilson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,332 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poth <5>
  • Elmendorf
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Stockdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • La Vernia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Falls City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • New Berlin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Berlin
    • New Berlin is located in Guadalupe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
  • Grass Pond Colony ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grass Pond Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Pond Colony
    • Grass Pond Colony is located in Wilson County

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 Unity. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Unity.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Unity. 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 Unity.

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

Adding Unity to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Unity in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Unity was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Unity post office opened in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Unity.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Unity, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Wilson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Unity - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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