York County is bounded as follows: on the north by the North Carolina line; on the west by the eastern line of Cherokee County, mentioned in 4-3-110; on the south by Chester County from which it is divided by a line beginning at a hickory tree, on the southwest side of the Catawba River, and about 10 chains above the mouth of Ferrill's Creek, and running nearly S. 88° W., by an old line called and known by the name of the line of the new acquisition, to an ash and black gum on the bank of Broad River, on land now or formerly owned by Robert Elliott; on the east by the county of Lancaster and the North Carolina line; less the following territory transferred to Cherokee County by act of the General Assembly, approved February 11 1921, to wit: beginning at a stake in a road in the State line on top of a mountain at Burned Grocery and running thence S. 43 1/2 ° W. 224.00 chains to a large pine at the northeast end of Brown's Mountain; thence with the Cherokee County line N. 2 1/2 ° W. 152.00 chains to now or formerly B. O., E. A. Patterson's corner in the State line; thence S. 86° E. 165.00 chains with the State line to the beginning corner containing two square miles. The metes and bounds and location and lines are more accurately set forth on a plat bearing the name of A. P. Falls, surveyor, filed in the office of the Governor.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-96; 1952 Code Section 14-96; 1942 Code Section 3021; 1932 Code Section 3021; Civ. C. '22 Section 713; Civ. C. '12 Section 630; Civ. C. '02 Section 569; G. S. 437; R. S. 496; (1) 132; (4) 662; (5) 318; (7) 284; 1873 (15) 425; 1921 (32) 23.
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 Repealed by 1992 Act No. 302, Section 14, eff April 8, 1992.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.