Map of Union city, South Carolina

The city of Union is the county seat of Union County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,393 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Union Micropolitan Statistical Area (population 28,961 according to 2010 Census), which includes all of Union County and which is further included in the greater Greenville–Spartanburg–Anderson, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area (population 1,266,995 according to the 2010 Census).

Union city overview:
Name:	Union city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	South Carolina
County:	Union County
Elevation:	643 ft (196 m)
Total Area:	7.98 sq mi (20.67 km²)
Land Area:	7.98 sq mi (20.67 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	8,174
Population Density:	1,024.44/sq mi (395.54/km²)
ZIP code:	29379
Area code:	864
FIPS code:	4573105
GNISfeature ID:	1251248
Website:	www.cityofunion.net

Online Interactive Map

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Union online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

Union location map. Where is Union city?

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Union location on the South Carolina map. Where is Union city. — Location of Union in South Carolina.

History

Both the city of Union and Union County received their names from the old Union Church that stood a short distance from the Monarch Mill. When it was first founded, the city of Union was known as Unionville; later the name was shortened to Union. The county’s first white settlers came from Virginia in 1749. Union County’s population grew the fastest between 1762 and the start of the Revolutionary War. Settlers built log cabins and cultivated tobacco, flax, corn and wheat. Union was one of the first towns settled in the area and was untouched during the Civil War because the Broad River flooded and turned Sherman’s troops away from the town.