Avalon Farm, home of the Central Ohio Riding Club, is located at 16830 Middleburg-Plain City Road.. This horse stables, riding/training facility and boarding operation is open to the public. The farm boasts picturesque views of the Big Darby Creek.

Other highlights of this section include the Village of Unionville Center, founded in 1847. It’s most famous resident by far was Charles W. Fairbanks, the twenty-sixth Vice President of the United States, serving under Teddy Roosevelt from 1904-1909. The homestead is gone; however the original site is located on Robinson Road, across the bridge just east of the village. The rural school district proudly bears the Fairbanks name.

Darby Cemetery, one of the township’s four cemeteries is located just inside the village’s northwest boundary.

The historic United Methodist Church was founded in 1820. After meeting in homes, a school house and a store, a frame church was built in 1857. The present structure was built in 1895.

Inside the village is a bridge which spans Big Darby Creek at Cross Street/Unionville Road, just north of Main Street.  From a vantage point on the bridge, one has a clear understanding why the creek got its “Scenic River” designation.

The Village Green located on Main Street has been a gathering place for years for community events and is the site of “Fairbanks Family Festival” held annually.

Just southeast of the village of Unionville Center is the 200+ acre Darby Creek Sires-in-Waiting facility which houses approximately 200 bulls.  These new, unproved bulls are housed at this facility until they are tested, proved, and transferred for service to other facilities.   This operation is owned by Select Sires, Inc., an international company headquartered in Union County north of USR 33 on SR 42.
 

A view of the Darby Plains south of Unionville Center.