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.
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
Bethesda Baptist Church and Cemeterylisted 1998
Jefferson Halllisted 1989- Peter W. Printup Plantationlisted 1985
- Union Manufacturing Companylisted 1989
- Union Point Historic Districtlisted 1991
Population over time
3 figuresUnion 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,669 | |
| 2010 | 1,617 | -52 (-3%) |
| 2020 | 1,597 | -20 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Union Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
8 photographs, 1939 to 1941Taken 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.
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
198 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | 8.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-GREENE-007 |
| 2 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Hill Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Sunshine Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| W. H. Murden Property | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Grantville (historical) | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bethesda | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Durham Town | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Woodville | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Temperance Bell | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Siloam | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Daniel Springs | 5.8 miles | 13 |
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 Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2782211 | The 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.






