Union

Formed January 1, 1785 (19^th county)

Union County (28,961), Union (8,393)

The Classical Revival structure was erected in 1911.  There was an 1823 courthouse also in Union, the only county seat.  The county was created on January 1, 1785 as the 19^th county.  The structure is on Main Street at Herndon Street.  South Carolina State Highway 49 is Main Street.  Anthony Ten Eyck Brown is the architect.  It features columns and a dome.  Veteran memorials are on the grounds.  Union County and its county seat were named for the Union Church.  Union County is the birthplace for 1 South Carolina Governor, Thomas B. Jeter. 

The area of the county is 516 square miles.  It is 32 out of 46 in the state.  It ranks 33 out of 46 in population in the state.  It has a density of 56.13 persons per square mile making it 31 out of 46 in the state.  Union County has 35.3% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 176 goes northwest to south from Spartanburg County to Newberry County. 

Union County government consists of a sheriff and 6 Council Members.  Four Circuit Court Judges and Six Family Court Judges serve Union and York counties.  Union County is in the northwest part of the state.  Greenville, South Carolina is west and Columbia, South Carolina is southeast of the county.  The county center is in Union 1.2 miles East-Northeast of the city center.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Cherokee, York, Chester, Fairfield, Newberry, Laurens, and Spartanburg counties.  The county resembles an ice cream cone leaning west.  The City of Union is located near the center of the county.  Union is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 29.0% of the county population.  This county is in the Union Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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