Carlisle South Carolina Map

About Carlisle, South Carolina

Carlisle is a locality in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 321. The population density is 87.5 people per km². Carlisle is located at 34.5920°N, 81.4645°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Carlisle is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 29316, 29031.

Carlisle occupies a quiet stretch of the Piedmont, where the land yields to the rhythmic passage of the Little Shoally Creek. It lies 2.6 miles east-northeast of Boiling Springs, SC (from Boiling Springs, SC: bearing 74°T), and is situated 7.4 miles north of Spartanburg. The terrain here holds a subtle, persistent gravity, defined by the red clay earth and the dense, encroaching woods that frame the horizon. On clear days, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the western edge of the world, though the immediate scale of Carlisle remains intimate and measured. Two miles away, the surface of Flatwood Lake catches the pale, syrupy light of late afternoon, mirroring the surrounding pines in a dark, glassy stillness that persists long after the wind dies down. Nearby, the grounds of Va-Du-Mar McMillan Park offer a quiet respite, where the air retains the heavy, sweet scent of damp soil and ancient growth.

Carlisle bears the quiet marks of a long history, written in the weathered wood of older structures and the slow, deliberate pace of the local economy. The rhythms of the day are dictated by the land’s enduring agricultural heritage, an inheritance that has persisted through generations of change and reconstruction. Work here is often quiet and solitary, tethered to the patterns of the seasons and the maintenance of property that has stayed within the same hands for decades. Despite the quietude, the atmosphere is never truly stagnant; there is a steady pulse in the way the local life organizes itself around the small, essential exchanges of the day. In the evening, when the heat finally lifts from the fields, the silence that settles over Carlisle feels less like an absence and more like a deliberate, heavy presence, grounding the people who choose to keep their lives tethered to this particular geography.

About This Carlisle Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carlisle, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.592041, -81.464513. 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 Carlisle includes the ZIP code (29316, 29031), telephone area code (864, 803, 839), county seat of Spartanburg County (Spartanburg), and school district assignment (Union County School District).

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.