Centerville South Carolina Map

About Centerville, South Carolina

Centerville is a locality in Dorchester 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 flat, verdant expanse of the South Carolina lowlands where the moisture in the air hangs heavy enough to feel like a physical weight against the skin. It lies 1.6 miles south of Summerville, SC (from Summerville, SC: bearing 169°T), and is situated 8.0 miles west of Goose Creek. Thick stands of loblolly pine and water oak dominate the horizon, broken only by the sluggish, tea-colored flow of Chandler Bridge Creek as it carves a serpentine path through the dense undergrowth just a mile from the center. Twelve miles to the west, the faint, bruised outline of Long Ridge provides the only significant break in an otherwise level topography. The light at dusk here possesses a particular amber quality, filtering through the moss-draped branches to cast long, distorted shadows that seem to hold their breath as the heat of the day finally relents.

Centerville maintains a quiet rhythm defined by its proximity to the land, with the local economy rooted in the legacy of timber and the persistent, slow-turning cycles of agriculture. Summerville Little League Park serves as the social anchor of the locality, its manicured diamonds and metal bleachers providing a communal space where the generations congregate under the persistent hum of cicadas. Three miles away, the still waters of Lake Ashborough offer a reprieve from the humidity, reflecting the sky in a mirror of dark, undisturbed glass. The history of the region lingers in the quiet architecture of the older dwellings and the way the roads follow the contours of the original plantation clearings, leaving Centerville to exist as a place where the modern world feels distant and the passage of time is measured by the seasonal bloom of the kudzu and the slow rot of fallen cedar.

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 Dorchester County (St. George), 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.