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UNION
, a See also:town and the See also:county-seat of Union county, See also:South Carolina, U.S.A., about 66 m
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N.W. of See also:Columbia
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Pop
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(1900) 5400, of whom 1701 were negroes; (U.S. See also:census 1910) 5623
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Union is served by the See also:Southern and the Union & Glenn Springs See also:railways; the latter connects at See also:Pride, 16 m. distant, with the Seaboard See also:Air See also:Line
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The See also:city is situated in the See also:Piedmont region near the See also:foot of the See also:Blue See also:Ridge Mountains
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It is the seat of See also:Clifford See also:Seminary for See also:Young See also:Women (opened, 1881; chartered, 1883), and has a See also:Carnegie library
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Union is in a See also:rich See also:cotton-growing, farming and See also:fruit-growing region, and deposits of See also:gold, magnetic See also:iron ore, See also:marble and See also:granite are found
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The town has several large cotton See also:mills and a large See also:knitting See also: |
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