Oconee County is bounded as follows: on the north by the North Carolina line; on the east by Pickens County from which it is separated by a line beginning in the middle of Seneca River, where Ravenel's Bridge is located over said river (Survey Station No. 1, being the center-width and length of said bridge) thence S. 78° 10' E. 17.60 chains to corner, S. 37.5° E. 6.48 chains to corner, S. 64° 20' E. 4.92 chains to corner, N. 75° E. 8.06 chains to corner, S. 87° 35' E. 23.78 chains then the following courses and distances: S. 83° E. 9.16 chains, S. 72° 10' E. 6.00 chains, S. 54.75° E. 6.08 chains, S. 38.75° E. 1.43 chains, S. 31° E. 10.53 chains, to stone on east side of road near Agricultural Hall, thence S. 72° 50' E. 5.10 chains to corner, N. 85° 25' E. 20.17 chains to corner, N. 89° E. 15.13 chains to corner, N. 84° E. 9.13 chains, S. 76° E. 14.40 chains, S. 61° E. 4.86 chains, S. 33.5° E. 11.86 chains, S. 50° 20' E. 34.96 chains, S. 56.5° E. 21.15 chains, S. 62.25° E. 8.86 chains, S. 43.5° E. 11.44 chains, S. 37° E. 18.45 chains, S. 64.25° E. 19.40 chains, to corner in center of top-soil highway on the Anderson County line. Said corner being N. 65.5° W. 4.81 chains from the northwest corner of cement bridge over Eighteen Mile Creek. It is the intent of this section to establish the new top-soil highway as the boundary of Pickens and Oconee Counties. It is bounded on the south by Anderson County, from which it is separated by a line, commencing at the mouth of Cane Creek on Tugaloo River and running thence along the line which originally separated Anderson and Pickens districts to its point of intersection with the public road leading from Ravenel's Bridge to Pendleton Village; on the west and northwest by the state of Georgia, from which it is separated by the Tugaloo and Chatooga Rivers.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-87; 1952 Code Section 14-87; 1942 Code Section 3012; 1932 Code Section 3012; Civ. C. '22 Section 704; Civ. C. '12 Section 621; Civ. C. '02 Section 560; G. S. 429; R. S. 448; (1) 196; (6) 39, 289, 341; 1875 (15) 1014; 1917 (30) 164; 1923 (33) 237; Const. Art. 2 Section 3.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 3 - Boundaries Of Existing Counties
Section 4-3-2. Use of geographic coordinate system.
Section 4-3-5. Center line of waterways defined.
Section 4-3-10. Abbeville County.
Section 4-3-30. Allendale County.
Section 4-3-40. Anderson County.
Section 4-3-50. Bamberg County.
Section 4-3-60. Barnwell County.
Section 4-3-70. Beaufort County.
Section 4-3-75. Beaufort County; Jasper County area transferred to Beaufort County.
Section 4-3-80. Berkeley County.
Section 4-3-85. Berkeley County; Charleston County area transferred to Berkeley County.
Section 4-3-90. Calhoun County.
Section 4-3-100. Charleston County.
Section 4-3-110. Cherokee County.
Section 4-3-120. Chester County.
Section 4-3-130. Chesterfield County.
Section 4-3-140. Clarendon County.
Section 4-3-150. Colleton County.
Section 4-3-160. Repealed by 1992 Act No. 302, Section 14, eff April 8, 1992.
Section 4-3-170. Darlington County.
Section 4-3-180. Dillon County.
Section 4-3-190. Dillon County; creation of Huggins township.
Section 4-3-200. Dorchester County.
Section 4-3-236. Dorchester County; portion of Charleston County transferred to Dorchester County.
Section 4-3-240. Edgefield County.
Section 4-3-250. Fairfield County.
Section 4-3-260. Florence County.
Section 4-3-270. Georgetown County.
Section 4-3-280. Greenville County.
Section 4-3-290. Greenwood County.
Section 4-3-300. Hampton County.
Section 4-3-310. Horry County.
Section 4-3-311. Horry County; defined area of Georgetown County annexed by Horry County.
Section 4-3-312. Horry County; Georgetown County area transferred to Horry County.
Section 4-3-320. Jasper County.
Section 4-3-325. Jasper County; Beaufort County area transferred to Jasper County.
Section 4-3-330. Kershaw County.
Section 4-3-340. Lancaster County.
Section 4-3-341. Lancaster County; area of Kershaw County annexed to Lancaster County.
Section 4-3-350. Laurens County.
Section 4-3-370. Lexington County.
Section 4-3-380. Marion County.
Section 4-3-390. Marlboro County.
Section 4-3-400. McCormick County.
Section 4-3-410. Newberry County.
Section 4-3-420. Oconee County.
Section 4-3-430. Orangeburg County.
Section 4-3-440. Pickens County.
Section 4-3-460. Richland County.
Section 4-3-470. Saluda County.
Section 4-3-480. Spartanburg County.
Section 4-3-490. Sumter County.
Section 4-3-500. Union County.
Section 4-3-510. Union County; boundaries of townships.