Glendale South Carolina Map

About Glendale, South Carolina

Glendale is a locality in Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 244. The population density is 444.4 people per km². Glendale is located at 34.9451°N, 81.8364°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 29506, 29550, 29649.

Glendale anchors itself in the rolling piedmont landscape where the persistent waters of Rocky Creek carve a steady, purposeful path through the red clay earth. It lies 2.3 miles north of Greenwood, SC (from Greenwood, SC: bearing 9°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west-northwest of Ninety Six. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness during the summer months, often clinging to the dense woodlands that define the horizon. To the far west, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally breaks the haze of a clear afternoon, though they remain a distant boundary for the life moving through these hills. Just a mile away, the Greenwood Recreation Complex offers a quiet expanse of managed green space, while the calm surface of Citizens Trust Pond sits two miles to the east, reflecting the shifting colors of the sky as the sun retreats behind the pines.

Glendale emerged from the industrial ambitions of the textile era, its identity forged by the brick walls of mills that once harnessed the kinetic energy of the nearby creek. While the hum of machinery has long since faded from the center of daily life, the architecture remains as a sturdy, weathered reminder of a time when the economy turned entirely on the spindle and the loom. The pace of existence in Glendale follows the slow, deliberate rotation of the seasons, characterized by the scent of pine needles and the quiet persistence of people who have seen the town shift from a bustling manufacturing hub to a place of hushed residential rhythms. Even today, the legacy of that industrious past lingers in the masonry of old buildings, grounding the community in a history that values endurance over flash.

About This Glendale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glendale, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.945078, -81.836373. 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 Glendale includes the ZIP code (29506, 29550, 29649), telephone area code (864), county seat of Greenwood County (Greenwood), 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.