Uniontown, Missouri
Uniontown is an unincorporated community in southeastern Perry County, Missouri. It is located on U.S. Route 61 ten miles southeast of Perryville.
History
Uniontown was originally known as Paitzdorf, and is one of seven towns and villages in the area founded by German immigrants in 1839. It and the others -- Altenburg, Dresden, Frohna, Johannisberg, Seelitz, and Wittenberg -- were all named by settlers for towns in the Saxony region of their native country.[1]
Coordinates: 37°36′53″N 89°42′50″W / 37.61472°N 89.71389°W
References
- ^ McMillen, Margot Ford (1994). Paris, Tightwad and Peculiar: Missouri Place Names. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. p. 55-56. ISBN 0-8262-0972-6.}
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