Union County | |
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.jpg) Union County Carnegie Library | |
 Seal  Logo | |
| Motto(s): "Gear Up" "A Great Place To Do Business - And Live Life!" | |
 Location within the U.S. state of South Carolina | |
 South Carolina's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 34°41′N 81°37′W / 34.69°N 81.62°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  South Carolina |
| Founded | 1785 |
| Named for | The old Union Church[1] |
| Seat | Union |
| Largest community | Union |
| Area | |
• Total | 515.44 sq mi (1,335.0 km2) |
| • Land | 513.59 sq mi (1,330.2 km2) |
| • Water | 1.85 sq mi (4.8 km2) 0.36% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 27,244 |
• Estimate (2023) | 26,629 |
| • Density | 53.04/sq mi (20.48/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 5th |
| Website | gearupunionsc |
Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,244.[2] Its county seat is Union.[3] The county was created in 1785.[4]
Union County is included in the Spartanburg, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area,[5] which is also part of the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area.
- ^ "About". gearupunionsc.com. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
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2020CensusQuickFactswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "South Carolina: Individual County Chronologies". South Carolina Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ "OMB Bulletin No. 23-01, Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of Delineations of These Areas" (PDF). United States Office of Management and Budget. July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.