2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 4 - Counties
CHAPTER 3 - BOUNDARIES OF EXISTING COUNTIES
Section 4-3-250. Fairfield County.

Fairfield County is bounded as follows: on the north by Chester County from which it is divided by a line from the mouth of Rocky Creek on the Catawba River to the mouth of Sandy River on Broad River; on the west and southwest by Broad River by which it is separated from the counties of Union, Newberry and Lexington; on the south by Richland County from which it is separated by Little River from its mouth up to a point about one-half mile above the plantation now or formerly owned by Mr. Shaffer (one mile above the mouth of Shaffer's Creek) and the line running from thence in a direct course to new corner on the Fairfield-Richland line where it crosses the median line of Cedar Creek; thence up the median line of Cedar Creek with its various sources to Simmons' Creek; thence up the median line of Simmons' Creek to a point marked X 3 N. on the bank of Simmons' Fork on Cedar Creek; thence N. 72° 10' E. 23,800 feet to a stake on the Ridgeway-Blythewood Road; thence N. 82° 20' E. 41,338 feet to a stake on the dividing line between Fairfield and Kershaw Counties; on the east by the counties of Kershaw and Lancaster from which it is separated by a line drawn from the last-named point in a northeasterly direction to Wateree River where Cornell's Creek enters it; thence by the Wateree and Catawba Rivers as high as the mouth of Rocky Creek.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 14-70; 1952 Code Section 14-71; 1942 Code Section 2995; 1932 Code Section 2995; Civ. C. '22 Section 687; Civ. C. '12 Section 606; Civ. C. '02 Section 546; G. S. 417; R. S. 475; (4) 662; (5) 317; (7) 199, 284; 1913 (28) 117.