Uniontown is a community, not a city
Uniontown is a census-designated place in the northwest part of Lake Township. That means the Census counts it, the Post Office delivers to it, and people call it home, but there’s no mayor, council or city hall.
What that means for a seller:
- Zoning and permits come from Lake Township.
- Police are provided by the Uniontown Police Department, which is the township’s force. In 2011 it ran on township levies totaling 10.80 mills.
- Deeds, property taxes, estates and foreclosures go through Stark County offices in Canton. The county-wide rules are on our Stark County page.
The town itself goes back to 1816, when it was platted. The name came from two stagecoach lines that met near the original town site, and trolleys later connected Uniontown with Greentown, Canton and Cleveland.
The 44685 ZIP is about four times bigger than Uniontown
A Uniontown mailing address covers far more than the community. The 44685 ZIP held 29,008 people at the 2020 census, against about 7,200 in the Uniontown CDP.
The ZIP reaches across the Stark-Summit line, and its alternate city name is Green. So a “Uniontown” house might be:
- Inside the Uniontown CDP, in Lake Township.
- Elsewhere in unincorporated Lake Township.
- In the city of Green, in Summit County, with Summit County’s offices, fees and inspection rules.
The difference is real when you sell. Summit and Stark both charge $4 per $1,000 in conveyance fees, but the probate court, sheriff and health department are different. Look up your parcel on the county auditor’s site before you start.
The Industrial Excess Landfill and private wells
South of Uniontown, at 12646 Cleveland Avenue, is the Industrial Excess Landfill, a Superfund site. It was a gravel mine turned landfill that took industrial and municipal waste from 1966 to 1980, and the EPA added it to the National Priorities List in June 1986.
Most cleanup was finished by 2004, but monitoring continues. In 2021, sampling confirmed dioxane in groundwater west of the site, including in some private residential wells, and the EPA connected several homes to municipal water. A further groundwater investigation began in June 2023 in Uniontown and Green.
If your house is on a private well near the site:
- Keep any EPA or health department sampling results.
- Note whether your home has been connected to public water.
- Disclose what you know about the water. The Ohio property disclosure guide explains what the form asks.
Uniontown’s housing and parks
Uniontown’s homes are mostly newer, owner-occupied and single-family:
| Measure | Uniontown CDP |
|---|---|
| Median year built | 1977 |
| Built 1939 or earlier | About 6% |
| Single-family detached | About 82% |
| Owner-occupied | About 82% |
| Vacant | About 2% |
Uniontown Community Park, 25 wooded acres at the end of Apollo Street off Cleveland Avenue, has a pond, picnic shelter and an All Veterans Memorial. The community also has a branch of the Stark County District Library. Most Uniontown students attend Lake Local Schools.
How we’d approach a Uniontown sale
In a low-vacancy, mostly owner-occupied market like this one, a house in good condition will usually sell on its own, and we’ll say so. Our offer is worth comparing for an older home with original systems, a house with well-water questions, or an estate where the family wants one simple closing. See how the process works first if you’d like.