Explore Union, South Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Union, South Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of South Carolina or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Union.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Union |
| State | South Carolina (SC) |
| County | Newberry County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.723461 |
| Longitude | -81.624816 |
| Population | 8,174 |
| Density | 395.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 29720, 29108, 29379 |
| Area Code | 803, 864 |
| County Seat | Newberry |
| School District | Union County School District |
Union reveals itself through the deep, rusted clay of the Piedmont, where the land softens into quiet undulations of pine and hardwood forest. It lies 5.0 miles east of Newberry, SC (from Newberry, SC: bearing 95°T), and is situated 18.3 miles northwest of Lake Murray of Richland. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality in the late afternoon, catching the dust that rises from the red-earth roads and casting long shadows across the fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Cannons Creek carve a path through the undergrowth, feeding the moisture into an ecosystem that finds its quietest sanctuary at Lynch's Woods Park. The air feels thick and still, bearing the scent of damp soil and pine needles, while the nearby Parr Shoals Reservoir serves as a wide, glassy mirror for the expansive South Carolina sky.
Union carries the weight of a complex industrial heritage, its character defined by the brick facades of mills that once dictated the pulse of the regional economy. The architecture of the downtown district reflects a time when the looms hummed with a frantic, rhythmic energy, though today the pace has slowed to a measured, deliberate gait. Residents navigate the streets with a familiarity born of long-standing connections, their lives intersecting at the intersection of reconstruction-era legacy and the modern pursuit of stability. While the economic tides have shifted since the decline of the textile era, the spirit of the place remains anchored in the preservation of its mid-nineteenth-century courthouses and the shared endurance of its people. Life here flows with the gravity of the terrain, favoring the steady persistence of the past over the fleeting distractions of the present.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Union, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.723461, -81.624816. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Union includes the ZIP code (29720, 29108, 29379), telephone area code (803, 864), county seat of Newberry County (Newberry), and school district assignment (Union County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |