2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 4 - Counties › Chapter 3 - Boundaries Of Existing Counties › Section 4-3-510. Union County; boundaries of townships.

The boundaries of the townships of Bogansville, Cross Keys, Fishdam, Goshen Hill, Jonesville, Pinckney, Santuc and Union, which compose Union County, as shown on a map prepared by Claude E. Sparks and John W. McClure, Jr., South Carolina registered land surveyors, the pilot map of which is on file in the office of the clerk of court for Union County, are confirmed and set forth as follows:
(1) Bogansville township is bounded as follows: On the north by Jonesville township, from which it is divided by a line extending in an easterly direction from a point on the line between Spartanburg and Union Counties to a corner at the railroad crossing just above Bonham; on the east by Union township, from which it is divided by a line extending in a southerly direction from the corner at the railroad crossing to the old Lower Fair Forest Brick Church site and continuing in the same straight line to Tyger River; on the south by Tyger River, which separates it from Cross Keys township; and on the west by a line running in a northerly direction from Tyger River to the beginning point, which is the dividing line between Union and Spartanburg Counties;
(2) Cross Keys township is bounded as follows: On the north and northeast by Tyger River, which separates it from Bogansville and Union townships; on the southeast by Goshen Hill township, from which it is divided by a line beginning on Tyger River at Gist Bridge and running in a southwesterly direction to the old Quaker Methodist Church site and from there to a point on Enoree River, at the old Browning Ferry; on the south by Enoree River, which separates it and Union County from Laurens County; and on the west by Spartanburg County, from which it is divided by a line running in a northerly direction from a point on Enoree River, opposite Gordon's or Musgrove Mill site, to the Cross Keys road and thence to the mouth of Hackers Creek on Tyger River;
(3) Fishdam township is bounded as follows: On the northeast and east by Broad River, which separates it and Union County from Chester and Fairfield Counties; on the south by Tyger River, which separates it and Union County from Newberry County; on the southwest by Tyger River, which separates it from Goshen Hill township; and on the northwest by Santuc township, from which it is divided by a line running in a northeasterly direction from Rogers Ferry site above Highway No. 72 on Tyger River to the beginning point on Broad River at the mouth of Neals Creek;
(4) Goshen Hill township is bounded as follows: On the northeast by Tyger River, which separates it from Union, Santuc and Fishdam townships; on the southeast by Newberry County, by the county line extending in a southwesterly direction from a point on Tyger River to Enoree River; on the southwest by Enoree River, which separates it and Union County from Newberry and Laurens Counties; and on the northwest by Cross Keys township, from which it is divided by a line running in a northeasterly direction from a point on Enoree River at Brownings Ferry to the old Quaker Methodist Church site on Padgett's Creek and thence a straight line to Gist Bridge, on Tyger River;
(5) Jonesville township is bounded as follows: On the north by Pacolet River, which separates it and Union County from Cherokee County; on the east by Pinckney township, from which it is divided by a line beginning at a point on Pacolet River, below the mouth of Peter Hawk Creek, and running in a southerly direction to a corner at the railroad crossing at Bonham, which is the corner also for Bogansville, Pinckney and Union townships; on the south by Bogansville township, from which it is divided by a line running in a westerly direction from the corner at the railroad crossing to a point on the dividing line between Spartanburg and Union Counties; and on the northwest by Spartanburg County, from which it is divided by a line running in a northeasterly direction to the beginning point on Pacolet River;
(6) Pinckney township is bounded as follows: On the north by Pacolet River, which separates it and Union County from Cherokee County; on the east by Broad River, that separates it and Union County from York and Chester Counties; on the south and southwest by Santuc and Union townships, from which it is divided by a line running in a northwesterly direction from Worthy's Ferry on Broad River to a corner at the railroad crossing at Bonham; and on the west by Jonesville township, from which it is divided by a line running in a northerly direction from the corner at the railroad crossing to the beginning point on Pacolet River, below the mouth of Peter Hawk Creek;
(7) Santuc township is bounded as follows: On the north by Pinckney township, from which it is divided by a line beginning at the northeast corner of Union township and running in a southeasterly direction to Worthy's Ferry on Broad River; on the northeast by Broad River, which separates it and Union County from Chester County; on the southeast by Fishdam township, from which it is divided by a line beginning at the mouth of Neals Creek on Broad River and running in southwesterly direction to the old Hamilton's or Rogers Ferry site on Tyger River; on the southwest by Tyger River, which separates it from Goshen Hill township; and on the northwest by Union township, from which it is divided by a line beginning at the mouth of Fair Forest Creek and running in a northeasterly direction to State Highway No. 49 at the point where it is intersected by Highway No. 43 and continuing in the same direction to the beginning corner on the Pinckney township line; and
(8) Union township is bounded as follows: On the northeast by Pinckney township, from which it is divided by a line beginning at the corner at the railroad crossing near Bonham and running in southeasterly direction to the northwest corner of Santuc township; on the southeast by Santuc township, from which it is divided by a line running in southwesterly direction to the mouth of Fair Forest Creek on Tyger River; on the southwest by Tyger River, which separates it from Goshen Hill and Cross Keys townships; and on the northwest by Bogansville township, from which it is divided by a line running in a northeasterly direction from a point on Tyger River to the old Lower Fair Forest Brick Church site and continuing in a straight line to the beginning corner at the railroad crossing.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-94.1; 1961 (52) 12.