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History · South Union

Half of South Union’s homes were built after 2004

Most of South Union was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. Below: maps from 1963 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about South Union’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of South Union are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how South Union’s history is told.

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The story so far

South Union, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of South Union yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

South Union is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Oconee County, South Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census with a population of 341. The CDP is in southern Oconee County, bordered to the southwest by the Chickasaw Point CDP. South Carolina Highway 11, the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, runs through South Union, leading south 5 miles (8 km) to South Carolina Exit 1 on Interstate 85. To the north the highway provides access to Westminster, 9 miles (14 km) to the northwest, and Seneca, 14 miles (23 km) to the northeast. South Carolina Highway 182 runs through the east side of South Union, leading southeast 5 miles (8 …

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

South Union on the map, 1963 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of South Union. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

South Union on the 1963 USGS mapSouth Union on the 1972 USGS mapSouth Union on the 1985 USGS map1963Oakway sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of South Union.

Famous people

Famous people close to South Union

Nobody well known was born in South Union itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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John EdwardsAmerican politician · b. 1953
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Dale DavisAmerican basketball player · b. 1969
Darline GrahamAmerican politician · b. 1964
Paul AndersonAmerican weightlifter · b. 1932
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Ida CoxAfrican American singer and vaudeville performer · b. 1896
Thomas Jefferson RuskAmerican politician · b. 1803
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
South Union Schoolschool
1cemetery inside South Union
South Union Baptist Church

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Chickasaw PointIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.