Centerville South Carolina Map

About Centerville, South Carolina

Centerville is a locality in Dillon County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 7,185. The population density is 469.8 people per km². Centerville is located at 34.5283°N, 82.7167°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 29565, 29412, 29485.

Centerville occupies a landscape of quiet, persistent heat where the earth runs in long, clay-heavy furrows toward the horizon. It lies 21.5 miles northeast of Florence, SC (from Florence, SC: bearing 46°T), and is situated 6.9 miles west of Dillon. The air here holds a heavy, motionless quality in the mid-afternoon, pressing down upon the fields until the light turns a bruised, honeyed gold. Only a mile away, Little Reedy Creek carves a low, shaded path through the undergrowth, its movement barely audible against the backdrop of cicadas that drone from the pine stands. On the far edge of the sky, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Bear Sand Ridges provide a faint, jagged boundary to an otherwise flat and expansive world.

Centerville maintains a rhythm dictated by the cycles of the soil and the slow turnover of local commerce, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs. Life remains anchored to the land, where the economy still finds its footing in the quiet productivity of regional agriculture and the steady, unobserved labor of those who have remained for generations. On weekends, the focus often shifts six miles toward the stillness of Grey Pond or the modest, shaded paths of Smith Street Park, where the residents gather to escape the glare of the sun. The history of Centerville is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring patterns of the afternoon porch light and the steady, predictable work that defines the passing seasons.

About This Centerville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Centerville, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.528278, -82.716733. 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 Centerville includes the ZIP code (29565, 29412, 29485), telephone area code (864), county seat of Dillon County (Dillon), and school district assignment (Anderson School District 5).

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.