Explore Browntown, South Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Browntown, South Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of South Carolina or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Browntown.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Browntown |
| State | South Carolina (SC) |
| County | Lee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.203292 |
| Longitude | -80.316646 |
| Population | 206 |
| Density | 32.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 29010 |
| Area Code | 803, 839 |
| County Seat | Bishopville |
| School District | Lee County School District |
Browntown anchors itself upon a landscape of stubborn clay and pine-needle loam, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under the weight of an expansive, humid sky. It lies 19.6 miles north of Sumter, SC (from Sumter, SC: bearing 4°T), and is situated 4.0 miles west-southwest of Bishopville. Scape Ore Swamp winds through the low-lying thickets barely a mile away, its dark, stagnant waters serving as a silent boundary where the shadows of cypress trees lengthen across the mud. Two miles to the north, Mary Lees Pond offers a still, glass-like reflection of the passing clouds, anchoring the rural quietude that defines the surrounding fields. The air here holds a heavy, persistent moisture that seems to thicken as the sun dips low, turning the light into a bruised copper hue that clings to the rusted tin roofs and weathered fence lines of the outskirts.
Browntown grew from the quiet labor of those who worked the soil and the timber, building an economy that remains tethered to the slow pulse of agriculture and regional trade. While the distant silhouette of the Sand Hills creates a faint, jagged ripple against the western sky, the local pace is dictated by the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest rather than the bustle of larger hubs. Residents often find their respite in the quiet trails of Churchwood Park, a space that preserves the natural character of the woods against the encroaching silence of the plains. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring patterns of the roads and the steady, unpretentious endurance of families who have watched the seasons cycle through the pines for generations.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Browntown, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.203292, -80.316646. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Browntown includes the ZIP code (29010), telephone area code (803, 839), county seat of Lee County (Bishopville), and school district assignment (Lee County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |