Union South Carolina Map

About Union, South Carolina

Union is a locality in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States. Union is located at 34.2685°N, 81.5320°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 29379.

Union is a place where the Piedmont's rolling hills begin to soften, a landscape punctuated by the gentle rise and fall of cultivated fields and the dark, verdant promise of pine forests. It lies 33.9 miles west-north-west of Columbia, SC (from Columbia, SC: bearing 303°T), and is situated 5.0 miles east of Newberry. The air here, especially in the languid afternoons of late summer, hangs thick and sweet with the scent of sun-baked earth and ripening corn, carrying the faint, melodic hum of cicadas. Oak and hickory trees, ancient sentinels with bark like the wrinkled hides of elephants, stand sentinel over the occasional, clear-running creek, their leaves catching the sunlight in a thousand shifting, emerald hues. The sky above often stretches in an immense, pale blue dome, occasionally broken by the slow drift of cotton-ball clouds, imbuing the entire scene with a quiet, enduring grace. The history of Union is deeply entwined with the agricultural heart of South Carolina, its economy long shaped by the cultivation of cotton and later, other crops, a legacy still visible in the broad, open fields that dominate the surrounding terrain. Generations have worked this soil, their lives a quiet testament to the enduring partnership between humanity and the land, a rhythm that continues to pulse through the town's modest commercial district. While manufacturing has found a foothold, adding a different kind of industry to the area, the pervasive sense of community, fostered by shared history and a slower pace of life, remains a distinctive characteristic. Union carries the echoes of its past, a quiet resilience woven into the very fabric of its existence, where progress and tradition walk hand in hand.

About This Union Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Union, South Carolina — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 34.268475, -81.532049. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Union and Newberry County.

Detailed location data for Union includes the ZIP code (29720), telephone area code (803, 864), county seat of Newberry County (Newberry), and school district assignment (Union County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Union is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.