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Jefferson South Carolina Map

Explore Jefferson, South Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Jefferson, South Carolina

How to Use This Jefferson, South Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Jefferson, South Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of South Carolina or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Jefferson.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CityJefferson
StateSouth Carolina (SC)
CountyChesterfield County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude34.650155
Longitude-80.388957
Population772
Density165.4 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code29718
Area Code864
County SeatChesterfield
School DistrictChesterfield County School District

About Jefferson, South Carolina

Jefferson is a locality in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 772. The population density is 165.4 people per km². Jefferson is located at 34.6502°N, 80.3890°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Jefferson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29718.

Jefferson reveals itself through a landscape of persistent, low-lying plains and quiet woodland that stretches toward the horizon in shades of muted ochre and deep pine green. It lies 40.1 miles southeast of Fort Mill, SC (from Fort Mill, SC: bearing 128°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south of Pageland. Fork Creek carves a narrow, sluggish path through the red clay soil just a mile away, its banks lined with tangled thickets that catch the amber light of late afternoon. Beyond the immediate canopy, the distant silhouette of Ballast Ridge offers a faint, jagged interruption to the sky, serving as a reminder of the geological distance between this inland plateau and the more dramatic elevations of the north. Within the immediate vicinity, the grounds of Helen Shuler Hartman Park provide a rare clearing where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and drying needles, a stillness that defines the physical character of the land.

Jefferson preserves the echoes of an agrarian past, where the rhythm of the local economy once relied entirely upon the yield of the soil and the steady labor of the fields. While the influence of larger industrial centers pulls at the edges of the region, the life here remains anchored to a slower, more deliberate pace, supported by the proximity of resources like Sandhills State Forest. Residents occasionally venture toward the quiet waters of Ubanks Pond, a feature that anchors the local topography and offers a respite from the dust of the summer months. The character of Jefferson is found in these intersections, where the legacy of earlier generations persists in the modest architecture and the quiet, unyielding endurance of those who continue to work the land under the vast, open sky of the interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Helen Shuler Hartman Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 270° W
  • Jefferson Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 216° SW
  • Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.8 mi, 086° E · 92k acres
  • Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 278° W
  • Pigg Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 356° N
  • Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 8.5 mi, 111° E
  • Sand Hills State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 12.5 mi, 157° SE
  • Hanging Rock (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 249° W
  • Jean Harris Circle Plaque (Monument) — 19.6 mi, 105° E
  • Lancaster County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 283° W
  • Lancaster Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 283° W
  • Cheraw State Park (State Park) — 22.4 mi, 098° E
  • Battle of Camden National Historic Landmark (Registered Battlefield) — 23.7 mi, 212° SW
  • Union County Community Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 24.7 mi, 338° N
  • Goodale State Park (State Park) — 25.2 mi, 196° S
  • Battle of Wahab's Plantation (Registered Battlefield) — 25.7 mi, 305° NW
  • Hartsville Museum (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 137° SE
  • Center Theatre (Theatre) — 26.1 mi, 137° SE
  • Cinema Twin (Cinema) — 26.2 mi, 137° SE
  • Spirit of Nature (Public Artwork) — 27.6 mi, 313° NW
  • Divine Custom Frame & Eight Legs Gallery (Gallery) — 27.6 mi, 314° NW
  • Cheraw Center for Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 29.0 mi, 083° E
  • Theater (Theatre) — 30.2 mi, 323° NW
  • 537 Gallery (Gallery) — 30.5 mi, 204° SW
  • Atlas Gym and Fitness Center (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 205° SW
  • Stone Theatres Sun Valley 14 Cinemas (Cinema) — 31.4 mi, 332° NW
  • Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.5 mi, 031° NE · 17k acres
  • Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 49.5 mi, 022° N · 52k acres
  • Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 53.8 mi, 254° W · 375k acres
  • Congaree National Park (National Park) — 60.8 mi, 194° S · 26k acres

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About This Jefferson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jefferson, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.650155, -80.388957. 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 Jefferson includes the ZIP code (29718), telephone area code (864), county seat of Chesterfield County (Chesterfield), and school district assignment (Chesterfield County School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.