Unity Village, Missouri
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64065. The Survey maps it on the Lees Summit quadrangle. 66 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 935 feet above sea level.
On record in Unity Village
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 1 record
Population over time
2 figuresUnity Village fell from 99 to 66 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 99 | |
| 2020 | 66 | -33 (-33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 24 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.
- 1887 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1934 USGS Lees Summit quadrangle1:24000
- 1939 USGS Lees Summit quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Lees Summit quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Lees Summit quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lees Summit quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Lees Summit quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Lees Summit quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,650 words on this townshipThe History of Jackson County, Missouri, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc., Biographical Sketches of Its Citizens, Jackson County in the Late War... History of Missouri, Map of Jackson County .., published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Prairie Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Prairie Township - 3,650 words.
Fires near this place
15 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Unity Village between 2007 and 2014, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Unity Village: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknow-Shale | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Acres Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knobtown | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Vale | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Little Blue | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Lees Summit | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Longview | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| Union Point | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| South Lee | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Raytown | 5.1 miles | 26 |
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 Unity Village | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2333354 | 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 728064. 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.














