Union Point, Georgia

{{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement  |official_name = Union Point, Georgia |other_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = City |motto = "Living - Growing"<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.unionpointga.org| title=City of Union Point, Georgia| publisher=City of Union Point| access-date=November 29, 2016}}</ref>  |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Greene_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Union_Point_Highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location in Greene County and the state of Georgia |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map =  |pushpin_label_position =  |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize =  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Georgia |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Greene |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 =  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title =  |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_13.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=December 18, 2021}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 5.19 |area_land_km2 = 5.11 |area_water_km2 = 0.08 |area_total_sq_mi = 2.00 |area_land_sq_mi = 1.97 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.03 |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 1597 |population_density_km2 = 312.61 |population_density_sq_mi = 809.84 |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |coordinates = {{coord|33|36|59|N|83|4|26|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m = 205 |elevation_ft = 673  |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 30669 |area_code = 706 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 13-78380<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0356607<ref name="GR3-u">{{cite gnis|356607|Union Point|2026-02-25}}</ref> |website = {{URL|www.unionpointga.org}} |footnotes = |pop_est_as_of = |pop_est_footnotes = |population_est = }} '''Union Point''' is a city in Greene County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,597.

==History== Union Point was laid out in 1834, when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/union-point | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511154640/http://georgia.gov/cities-counties/union-point | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 11, 2012 | title=Union Point | publisher=GeorgiaGov | access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref> The name "Union Point" reflects the fact a railroad junction ("union" of rails) met at the site.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/u.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=237 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Union Point as a city in 1904.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0cpJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA678|year=1904|page=678}}</ref>

==Geography== Union Point is located in eastern Greene County at {{coord|33|36|59|N|83|4|26|W|type:city}} (33.616263, -83.073905).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> U.S. Route 278 passes through the city as Lamb Avenue, leading east {{convert|11|mi}} to Crawfordville and west {{convert|7|mi|0}} to Greensboro, the Greene County seat. Georgia State Route 77 leads north {{convert|23|mi}} to Lexington and south {{convert|5|mi|0}} to Interstate 20 at Siloam, and State Route 44 leads northeast {{convert|22|mi}} to Washington.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Union Point has a total area of {{convert|5.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.07|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 1.34%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1378380| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Union Point city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=November 29, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{US Census population |1880= 576 |1910= 1363 |1920= 1126 |1930= 1627 |1940= 1566 |1950= 1724 |1960= 1615 |1970= 1624 |1980= 1750 |1990= 1753 |2000= 1669 |2010= 1617 |2020= 1597 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|page=}}</ref> 1870-1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|page=}}</ref> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web |first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |website= US Census Bureau |date= 1930 |url= https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate= |page= |archive-date= January 16, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240116032336/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|pages=251–256}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=}}</ref> 2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> | align = right | align-fn = center }}

===Racial and ethnic composition=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Union Point, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition''' {{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}} !Race / Ethnicity (''NH = Non-Hispanic'') !Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Union Point city, Georgia, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US1378380|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Union Point city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1378380&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Union Point city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1378380&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2000 !% 2010 !{{partial|% 2020}} |- |White alone (NH) |849 |657 |style='background: #ffffe6; |534 |50.87% |40.63% |style='background: #ffffe6; |33.44% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |768 |858 |style='background: #ffffe6; |858 |46.02% |53.06% |style='background: #ffffe6; |53.73% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |0 |1 |style='background: #ffffe6; |2 |0.00% |0.06% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.13% |- |Asian alone (NH) |11 |5 |style='background: #ffffe6; |15 |0.66% |0.31% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.94% |- |Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) |0 |0 |style='background: #ffffe6; |0 |0.00% |0.00% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00% |- |Other race alone (NH) |0 |0 |style='background: #ffffe6; |0 |0.00% |0.00% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00% |- |Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) |0 |11 |style='background: #ffffe6; |48 |0.00% |0.68% |style='background: #ffffe6; |3.01% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |35 |85 |style='background: #ffffe6; |140 |2.10% |5.26% |style='background: #ffffe6; |8.77% |- |'''Total''' |'''1,669''' |'''1,617''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''1,597''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |}

===2020 census=== As of the 2020 census, Union Point had a population of 1,597.<ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME,DP1_0021P,DP1_0024P,DP1_0025C,DP1_0049C,DP1_0045C,DP1_0069C,DP1_0073C,DP1_0125P,DP1_0126P,DP1_0129P,DP1_0133P,DP1_0137P,DP1_0138P,DP1_0139P,DP1_0141P,DP1_0142P,DP1_0143P,DP1_0145P,DP1_0146P,DP1_0147C,DP1_0148C,DP1_0149C,DP1_0156C,DP1_0157C,DP1_0158C,DP1_0159P,DP1_0160P&for=place%3A78380&in=state%3A13|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 30, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME,P1_001N,P1_003N,P1_004N,P1_005N,P1_006N,P1_007N,P1_008N,P1_009N,P2_001N,P2_002N,H1_001N,H1_002N&for=place%3A78380&in=state%3A13|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 30, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> The median age was 36.2 years. 26.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 85.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 79.4 males age 18 and over.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME,P2_002N,P2_003N&for=place%3A78380&in=state%3A13|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=April 30, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>

There were 598 households in Union Point, of which 37.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 30.4% were married-couple households, 17.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 44.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

There were 694 housing units, of which 13.8% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 4.9%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

===2000 Census=== As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,669 people, 651 households, and 421 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|811.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 744 housing units at an average density of {{convert|361.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 51.47% White, 46.38% African American, 0.66% Asian, 0.84% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.10% of the population.

There were 651 households, out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.3% were married couples living together, 24.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,384, and the median income for a family was $32,284. Males had a median income of $26,484 versus $20,071 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,715. About 14.0% of families and 18.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.1% of those under age 18 and 13.7% of those age 65 or over. ==Notable people== * Jennie Hart Sibley (1846–1917), president, Union Point Garden Club; president, Georgia W.C.T.U.; president, U.D.C.

==References== <references />

==External links== * [http://www.unionpointga.org/ City of Union Point official website] * [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/greene/bethesda-baptist-church Bethesda Baptist Church] historical marker

Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Cities in Greene County, Georgia