Represents City Council Districts based on the 2020 Census. Approved by Fort Mill Council January 9, 2023.

Meeting minutes from January 9, 2023 where these boundaries were approved can be found here.Town staff has been working with the South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs office (SCRFA) to study and plan for the redistricting of the Town Council’s wards based upon the results of the 2020 Decennial Census. SCRFA first developed a Redistricting Benchmark Report, which staff presented to Council on March 14, 2022. The report outlines the current demographics of the existing Council ward geographies and discusses the path forward to developing a new ward map. After receiving input, staff reached back out to SCRFA to begin the process of developing a draft map for public review. The draft map is attached. The map was developed utilizing the following traditional redistricting principles:Wards will be drawn contiguously, so that all parts of the district or ward are connected to each other. Wards will be drawn to minimize the division of voting precincts. Wards will be geographically compact to the extent practicable, such that nearby areas of population are not bypassed for a more distant population. Wards will be drawn to comply with other applicable court decisions and federal and state laws. Wards will be drawn, when feasible, with respect to existing districts and communities of interests, which will require input from Council and the citizens.Wards will be drawn to give careful consideration to minority districts for compliance with Section 2 criteria of the Voting Rights Act Wards will be drawn to a deviation range of 5%The adoption process follows the normal ordinance adoption process, which requires two readings and one public hearing. The public hearing is tentatively set for Council’s first meeting in January.

The township boundary is used by Magistrates in York County SC to determine the jurisdiction of civil cases. Civil cases should (typically) be filed in the jurisdiction where the defendant/ plaintiff resides due to servicing (to prevent someone from driving across the county to be assisted with a court matter). Plaintiffs/ defendants have a right to have their case heard in their own township by a potential jury of their own peers. (Of note, Magistrate lines don’t match up with township lines. Magistrate lines may not be useful if the judges have countywide jurisdiction.) Square Miles area was added as a calculated attribute (Arcade, AreaGeodetic) Feb 2022 by request.As of 9/2023 Magistrate lines are not used. Instead, township lines are used to determine areas represented by Judge. Some judges cover over more than one township and city in parenthesis is the town where the office is located:

York County is divided into five geographical areas called townships. There is one Judge for each of the townships. The Townships are: (office location in parenthesis): Bethel-Kings Mountain (Clover), Broad River-Bullocks Creek (Hickory Grove), Catawba-Ebenezer (Rock Hill), Fort Mill (Fort Mill), York-Bethesda (York).

For more information: https://www.yorkcountygov.com/284/MagistrateLast updated 9/2023Access the file geodatabase source data in SC State Plane coordinate system

Historical map showing lots and concessions for part of Bertie Township and the Military Reserve. Niagara River, Squaw Island, and the shoreline of Buffalo are drawn. The location of Waterloo (Fort Erie) and Black Rock (Buffalo), forts, mill, and the Erie Canal are indicated.Digital reproduction of map (30 x 39 cm.) in the Public Archives of Canada. National Map Collection. Library and Archives Canada.Georeferenced and modified from NMC Map number 3811 by Map, Data and GIS Library, Brock University.