Uniontown

The original name of the settlement was "The Forks" and it was entirely confined to what is now the west end of the village, the name of Uniontown does not appear upon any record previous to the year 1813, and the town as it now stands was laid out in lots for Erhart Cover, by John Hyder, surveyor, on the 20th of October 1815. This does not include the west half of the village, nor the south side of the main street, they having been surveyed off and built upon years before.

 

The name of Uniontown appears first in the records of Door to Virtue Lodge, No 46., A. F. and A. Masons, and the entry bears the date, November 17th., 1813. As none of the deeds of the property situated in said town, nor any know public records previous to the above date contain any reference to the name, it is to be presumed that, that grand old organization gave the village its present name. The Acts of the Assemble for the year 1814 mention Uniontown.