Огайо штатындағы Юнионтаун қаласының тарихы мен экологиялық мәселелері

the unincorporated community in Belmont County

Uniontown is a census designated place (CDP) in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 7,173 at the 2020 census. The Industrial Excess Landfill, now a superfund site, is located south of Uniontown. Uniontown is part of the Canton Massillon, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Uniontown was platted in 1816. Two stagecoach lines which met near the original town site caused the name "Union" to be selected. By the 1830s, Uniontown had a church, schoolhouse, tannery, tavern, and two stores. A post office called Uniontown has been in operation since 1920.

A pit from prior sand and gravel mining was turned into a landfill in 1966, the so called Industrial Excess Landfill (IEL), which accepted solid and liquid waste of Akron's rubber industry as well as black shale and coal ash, military waste, and various other industrial wastes including plutonium, according to former landfill owner Charles Kittinger. The 30 acre landfill closed in 1980 and left soil and groundwater contamination behind, with recurring plumes of toxic vapors for years to come. In 1983, concerned citizens raised the issue of health effects from IEL's contamination. EPA listed IEL as a Superfund site in 1984. They determined that a toxic plume moved in a radial pattern away from the site in all directions. A soil vapor intrusion control system was installed in areas where residents could not be evacuated. In 1989, EPA hired Tetra Tech to conduct cleanup efforts. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6 km2), of which 2.5 square miles (6 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0 km2) (0.79%) is water.

Uniontown is part of the Canton Massillon, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 census there were 2,802 people, 1,141 households, and 861 families in the CDP. The population density was There were 1,171 housing units at an average density of The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.14% White, 0.32% African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.54% Asian, 0.14% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.50%.