Unionville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Bedford County,

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

, United States. Its population was 1,368 as of the 2010 census. Unionville has a

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with ZIP code 37180.

Demographics

History

Unionville was

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ted in 1827, and named for the fact two rival settlements merged with the new name. A post office has been in operation at Unionville since 1837.

Education

Unionville contains three Bedford County public schools, the Community Elementary School (

kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...

to grade 5), the Community Middle School (grades 6 to 8), and Community High School (grades 9 to 12).A Brief History of Community Middle School
Community Middle School website, accessed March 27, 2010

Notable person

The community was the birthplace of Tennessee governor

Jim Nance McCord Jim Nance McCord (March 17, 1879 – September 2, 1968) was an American journalist and politician who served as the 40th governor of Tennessee from 1945 to 1949, and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1943 to 1945. He was ...

, born in 1879.Jim Nance McCord
, ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''

References

Census-designated places in Bedford County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Census-designated places in Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Bedford County, Tennessee {{BedfordCountyTN-geo-stub