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Union Point, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Union Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30669. The Survey maps it on the Union Point quadrangle. 1,597 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.

Union Point within Greene County

On record in Union Point

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 5 records

Population over time

3 figures

Union Point fell from 1,669 to 1,597 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20001,669
20101,617-52 (-3%)
20201,597-20 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Photographs

8 photographs, 1939 to 1941

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

At the hoisery mill in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia
At the hoisery mill in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
In the textile mill in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia
In the textile mill in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Union Point, Greene County, Georgia. Community sing at the Negro church
Union Point, Greene County, Georgia. Community sing at the Negro church
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Saturday afternoon outside of a Negro store and barbershop in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia
Saturday afternoon outside of a Negro store and barbershop in Union Point, Greene County, Georgia
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Graduation at the Union Point Negro high school. Greene County, Georgia
Graduation at the Union Point Negro high school. Greene County, Georgia
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Union Point, Greene County, Georgia. Union Point hosiery mill
Union Point, Greene County, Georgia. Union Point hosiery mill
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Thornton House, Union Point, Greene County, Georgia
Thornton House, Union Point, Greene County, Georgia
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Interior of the Lamb home in Union Point. Mr. Harold Lamb is the owner of the mill in Union Point. Greene County, Georgia
Interior of the Lamb home in Union Point. Mr. Harold Lamb is the owner of the mill in Union Point. Greene County, Georgia
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Union Point between 1992 and 2019, burning about 470 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 28 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning81
Arson/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Smoking23
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural13
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Smoking8.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-GREENE-007
2 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Union Point: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mitchell Hill ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Sunshine MineMicaPast Producer
W. H. Murden PropertyManganesePast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Greene County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Jacksonville2.3 miles11
Grantville (historical)2.7 miles11
Bethesda3.7 miles11
Durham Town3.9 miles11
Woodville4.2 miles11
Temperance Bell4.4 miles11
Siloam5.5 miles12
Daniel Springs5.8 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Union PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2782211The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356607. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.