Gillisonville South Carolina Map

About Gillisonville, South Carolina

Gillisonville is a locality in Jasper County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 378. The population density is 103.5 people per km². Gillisonville is located at 32.6110°N, 81.0037°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 29936.

Gillisonville rests in a low-lying landscape, where the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 23.1 miles west-north-west of Beaufort, SC (from Beaufort, SC: bearing 303°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north of Ridgeland. The land here is a gentle, almost imperceptible swell, a soft breathing of terrain that hints at the slow, patient work of water over millennia. Spanish moss, like tattered lace, drapes from ancient live oaks, their gnarled branches reaching out as if in perpetual greeting. Ditches and shallow streams, often fringed with dense undergrowth and the vibrant green of ferns, crisscross the terrain, their presence a constant murmur beneath the rustle of leaves. The sunlight, when it penetrates the canopy, falls in shifting, hazy shafts, illuminating dust motes dancing in the humid stillness. The character of Gillisonville is deeply entwined with its past as a crossroads and a hub of antebellum plantation life, a legacy that whispers from the weathered wood of its few remaining structures and the broad, quiet fields that surround it. Though the grand estates have long since faded, the echoes of their agricultural bounty, particularly cotton and timber, still resonate in the local economy, with logging and farming continuing to shape the livelihoods of its inhabitants. The very soil seems to hold stories of generations, of families who cleared these woods and cultivated these lands, their resilience a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of place. The slow, deliberate pace of life in Gillisonville feels like a deliberate choice, a gentle turning away from the clamor of the wider world, inviting one to simply observe the slow unfolding of days.

About This Gillisonville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gillisonville, South Carolina — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 32.611014, -81.003719. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Gillisonville and Jasper County.

Detailed location data for Gillisonville includes the ZIP code (29936), telephone area code (843), county seat of Jasper County (Ridgeland), and school district assignment (Jasper County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Gillisonville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.