Cowpens South Carolina Map

About Cowpens, South Carolina

Cowpens is a locality in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,023. The population density is 340.3 people per km². Cowpens is located at 35.0168°N, 81.8040°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Cowpens is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29330.

Cowpens occupies a stretch of the South Carolina piedmont where the land rises in soft, verdant waves toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 8.6 miles east-northeast of Spartanburg, SC (from Spartanburg, SC: bearing 57°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west-southwest of Gaffney. Little Thicketty Creek meanders through the dense woodland just a mile from the center, its quiet waters cutting a persistent path through the red clay soil that defines the local terrain. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar clarity, catching the edges of the hardwoods and casting long, amber shadows across the fields that extend toward the stillness of Little Thicketty Creek Pond. Within the immediate boundaries, Cowpens Veterans Memorial Park provides a grounded space for reflection, its quiet lawns serving as a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of pine and damp earth.

History remains a tangible presence in the quiet pulse of local life, where the legacy of eighteenth-century skirmishes informs the gravity of the landscape. The economy, once rooted in the modest toil of agrarian cycles, now mirrors the steady, industrious rhythm of the upstate, balancing a respect for the past with the practical demands of modern transit and manufacturing. Residents navigate a daily routine shaped by the intersection of forest, farmland, and the enduring influence of the surrounding piedmont geography. Life in Cowpens moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, marked by the transformation of the canopy from the vibrant greens of spring to the muted, rusted tones of autumn, a cycle that has persisted long after the echoes of the Revolutionary era faded from the immediate woods.

About This Cowpens Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cowpens, South Carolina. Coordinates: 35.016792, -81.803992. 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 Cowpens includes the ZIP code (29330), telephone area code (864), county seat of Spartanburg County (Spartanburg), and school district assignment (Spartanburg School District 3).

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.