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Cross Anchor is located in extreme southern Spartanburg County. The community's central location is the intersection of South Carolina Highways 49 and 56 where one traffic light exists. Nearby towns include Woodruff , Clinton , Union , and Pauline .
Musgrove Mill State Historic Site was the site of the Battle of Musgrove Mill, an action in the American Revolutionary War, which occurred on August 19, 1780, near the Enoree River, on what (in the 21st century) is the border between Spartanburg, Laurens, and Union Counties in South Carolina, approximately seven miles from Interstate 26. [2] [3]
2.5 miles south of Cross Anchor on South Carolina Highway 56 34°36′06″N 81°51′02″W / 34.601805°N 81.850417°W / 34.601805; -81.850417 ( Musgrove's Mill Historic Battle Cross Anchor
South Carolina Highway 49 Truck (SC 49 Truck) is a 1.790-mile (2.881 km) truck route that bypasses a portion of West Main Street (SC 49) in western portions of Union. The first 0.760 miles (1.223 km) of the highway travels along the two-lane Industrial Park Road, concurrent with the unsigned designation of SC 496 .
The Battle of Blackstock's Farm, a military engagement of the American Revolutionary War, took place in what today is Union County, South Carolina, a few miles from Cross Anchor, on November 20, 1780. The battle marked the first time during the war that an American militia had defeated British regulars. [5]
Cross Keys is an unincorporated community in Union County, South Carolina, United States. [1] Historically, it was the site of the "large and prosperous" Cross Keys plantation . [ 2 ] A post office was established at Cross Keys in 1809 and operated until 1909.
The Battle of Musgrove Mill, August 19, 1780, occurred near a ford of the Enoree River, near the present-day border between Spartanburg, Laurens and Union Counties in South Carolina. [1] During the course of the battle, 200 Patriot militiamen defeated a combined force of approximately 300 Loyalist militiamen and 200 provincial regulars.
SC 146's western terminus is at Laurens Road (U.S. Route 276 or US 276), near the intersection of Interstates 85 (I-85) and 385. [3]Its course then goes in a southeasterly direction where its eastern terminus is at its intersection with SC 56 near Cross Anchor.