Cheraw South Carolina Map

About Cheraw, South Carolina

Cheraw is a locality in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 5,040. The population density is 326.9 people per km². Cheraw is located at 34.6979°N, 79.9140°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Cheraw is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29520.

Cheraw occupies a quiet, inland stretch of the Carolina landscape where the earth transitions into sandy soil and the horizon remains level, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of Ballast Ridge. It lies 35.4 miles north of Florence, SC (from Florence, SC: bearing 349°T), and is situated 17.8 miles south-southwest of Rockingham. Centenial Park offers a green anchor at the center of the grid, its grass absorbing the heat of the afternoon while the nearby Great Pee Dee River carves a slow, deliberate path through the pines. Just a mile away, the surface of J P Stevens Pond holds the reflection of the sky with a mirror-like stillness, disturbed only by the occasional dragonfly or the ripple of a turtle breaking the water. Four miles to the west, the water at Gordons Falls descends over stone with a rhythmic persistence that defines the character of the local terrain. The air here holds a heavy, lingering warmth, smelling of damp earth and long-leaf pine, a scent that seems to sharpen as the sun dips low and the shadows stretch across the flat, open fields.

Cheraw maintains a deliberate pace, its streets lined with architecture that speaks to a long legacy of trade and settlement that predates the modern era. The local economy, once tethered to the movement of goods along the waterway, now hums with the steady work of small industry and the quiet maintenance of a place that values its own endurance. While the expansive timberlands of Sand Hills State Forest lie further out, the town itself feels anchored by the permanence of its brick facades and the sturdy, unpretentious porches of its residential quarters. Life here moves in cycles governed by the agricultural seasons and the slow, reliable flow of the Great Pee Dee River, which has served as a silent witness to the various shifts in the regional economy. Every evening, the transition from the golden light of late afternoon to the deep, cooling gray of twilight settles over the rooftops, reinforcing a sense of stability in a landscape that remains fundamentally unchanged by the frantic pace of the world beyond its borders.

About This Cheraw Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cheraw, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.697894, -79.913969. 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 Cheraw includes the ZIP code (29520), telephone area code (843, 854), county seat of Chesterfield County (Chesterfield), and school district assignment (Chesterfield 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.