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A community post office called Cross Anchor has been in operation since 1809. [5] Cross Anchor may have been named for an old tavern sign depicting two anchors crossed. [ 6 ] Alternatively, one Union County historian has stated the name originates from two British brothers who sailed to South Carolina before moving inland.
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 .
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.
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
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The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) operates and maintains one welcome center and seven rest areas along I-26. Welcome centers, which have a travel information facility on site, are located at milemarker 3 (eastbound); rest areas are located at milemarkers 63 (east and westbound), 123 (east and westbound), 150 (eastbound), 152 (westbound), and 204 (eastbound). [2]
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]
The post office was operated from about 1811 to 1820. He farmed about 2,000 acres (810 ha). The house was on the Spartanburg stagecoach line to Cross Anchor, South Carolina. He operated a "publick house" or tavern and stagecoach stop. [6] When his wife, Anne, died in 1821, she left a forty-two page inventory of the estate.