Unionport is a small unincorporated community in
Jefferson County, Ohio
Jefferson County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 65,249. Its county seat is Steubenville, Ohio, Steubenville. The county is List of Ohi ...
. It is best known as the birthplace of millionaire,
Helen Brach
Helen Marie Brach ( Voorhees; born November 10, 1911 – disappeared February 17, 1977) was an American multimillionaire widow whose wealth had come from marrying into the E. J. Brach & Sons Candy Company fortune; she endowed the Helen V. Brach ...
, who was the center of media attention in 1977, when she disappeared. Unionport is located on the banks of the Cross Creek, a large tributary of the
Ohio River
The Ohio River () is a river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to its river mouth, mouth on the Mississippi Riv ...
approximately 20 miles east.
Unionport was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...
ted in 1852. A post office called Unionport was established in 1855, and remained in operation until 2002.
References
Unincorporated communities in Jefferson County, Ohio
Unincorporated communities in Ohio
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