Uniontown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stark County, Ohio, United States.

The Industrial Excess Landfill, now a superfund site, is located south of Uniontown.

[5] Two stagecoach lines which met near the original town site caused the name "Union" to be selected.

[8] A pit from prior sand and gravel mining was turned into a landfill in 1966, the so called Industrial Excess Landfill (IEL), which accepted solid and liquid waste of Akron's rubber industry as well as black shale and coal ash, military waste, and various other industrial wastes including plutonium, according to former landfill owner Charles Kittinger.

The 30 acre landfill closed in 1980 and left soil and groundwater contamination behind, with recurring plumes of toxic vapors for years to come.

[9] In 1983, concerned citizens raised the issue of health effects from IEL's contamination.

A soil vapor intrusion control system was installed in areas where residents could not be evacuated.