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17 unusual facts about Uniontown


Basil Takach

So he established temporary residences, first in Trenton, New Jersey, and later in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, as he deliberated on a more appropriate location.

Chuck Walker

Charles David "Chuck" Walker (born August 10, 1941 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania) was a defensive tackle who played 12 seasons in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Falcons.

Friedenberg, Missouri

Unlike the communities of Altenburg, Frohna and Uniontown that were settled by Saxon Lutherans from Germany, Friedenberg was founded in 1838 by Lutheran immigrants from Bavaria, Germany.

George L. Willard

The 3rd Brigade marched northward in heat and dust of the summer of 1863, halting at Uniontown, Maryland, on June 30.

Grace Lutheran Church, Uniontown, Missouri

Grace Lutheran Church is an LCMS (Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod ) church in Uniontown, Missouri.

Jane Alpert

In 1956, her father took a job as vice president of the Linz Glass Company in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

Ken Lolla

In 1985, he spent time as an assistant coach with his alma mater, Duke, then served as the head coach at Lake High School in Uniontown, Ohio in 1987.

Marti Jones

Marti Jones is a singer and painter originally from Uniontown, Ohio.

Salem Lutheran Church, Farrar, Missouri

The original congregation had some ties to the Paitzdorf congregation in Paitzdorf (present-day Uniontown), Missouri.

U.S. Route 119

Much of this last stretch of US 119 heading towards Uniontown, Pennsylvania is already bypassed by traffic using I-68, Monongalia County Route 857 and PA 857.

Uniontown, Kansas

In 1999, four students at the local high school started the Life in a Jar project honoring Irena Sendler, a Polish humanitarian who rescued over 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.

Uniontown, Missouri

Uniontown was originally known as Paitzdorf, and was named after the same village in Greiz county in Thuringia, Germany, where many of the settlers originated from.

Uniontown is an unincorporated community located in Union Township in southeastern Perry County, Missouri.

Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Terry Mulholland, former Major League baseball player, was born and raised in Uniontown.

Virginius E. Clark

He was born on February 27, 1886 to Harry Scott Clark in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

Wisdom's Light

Wisdom's Light is a public sculpture located in front of the Lake Branch Library in Uniontown, Ohio.

Wittenberg, Missouri

It and the others -- Altenburg, Dresden, Frohna, Johannisberg, Paitzdorf, and Seelitz—were all named by settlers for towns in the Saxony region of their native country.


Basil Takach

Thirteen deaneries were created with the following seats: New York City, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Scranton, Hazleton, Johnstown, Punxsutawney, Pittsburgh, Homestead, Uniontown, Youngstown, Cleveland, and Chicago.

Edward Dumbauld

In 1949, he returned to private practice in Uniontown, Pennsylvania from 1949 to 1957, when he became a judge on the Court of Common Pleas, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, serving until 1961.

Maryland Route 852

The state highway climbs to the top of the ridge on which downtown Westminster sits and reaches its eastern terminus at the intersection of Main Street and Uniontown Road on the edge of the Western Maryland College Historic District and the district's namesake, McDaniel College.

Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Heisman winner and Football standout Ernie Davis was born in the Buffington section of the township, and raised in nearby Uniontown.

Pitts' Folly

He was the son of Thomas Daniel Pitts, a veteran of the War of 1812 who moved his family to Uniontown in 1833.

Ralph Brazelton Peck

He continued to work until 2005 and was highly influential as a consulting engineer, with some 1,045 consulting projects in foundations, ore storage facilities, tunnel projects, dams, and dikes, including the Cannelton and Uniontown lock and dam construction failures on the Ohio River, the dams in the James Bay project, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, the Dead Sea dikes and the Rion-Antirion Bridge in Greece.

Uniontown Ninja

The day after the initial burglaries, a video appeared on YouTube with a man purporting to be the Uniontown Ninja, appropriately dressed as such, demanding that police cease their investigation and demanding a case of Milwaukee's Best.