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2017 Map of Union East

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Union East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Union and its industrial outskirts anchor the northwestern corner of this survey, where the Univ of South Carolina-Union and the Monarch Mill represent the educational and manufacturing pillars of the community. The landscape transitions quickly from the urban grid of neighborhoods like South Hills and Monarch into the dense woodlands of the Sumter National Forest. This transition reveals a rural geography defined by small family and community burial grounds, such as McBride Cem and Fairview Cem, tucked away near the winding courses of Browns Cr and Tinker Cr.

Water management is central to the area's development, evidenced by the Union Water Works Pond and Foster Park Lake near the city center, and Reno Lake further south. These features, alongside the smaller settlements of Carem and Santuc, highlight a region where the traditional agricultural and timber-based economy of the Piedmont meets the growing footprint of Union. The presence of numerous memorial grounds, including Sunset Memorial Gardens and Union Memorial Gardens, provides a detailed record for genealogists tracking local families across the drainage basins of the Tyger River system.