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Joanna South Carolina Map

Explore Joanna, 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 Joanna, South Carolina

How to Use This Joanna, South Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Joanna, 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 Joanna.

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.

CityJoanna
StateSouth Carolina (SC)
CountyLaurens County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude34.415926
Longitude-81.800222
Population1,517
Density186.7 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code29351
Area Code864
County SeatLaurens
School DistrictLaurens School District 56

About Joanna, South Carolina

Joanna is a locality in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,517. The population density is 186.7 people per km². Joanna is located at 34.4159°N, 81.8002°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 29351.

Joanna emerges from the red-clay piedmont as a quiet intersection of geography and industry, where the Stillhouse Branch carves a narrow, persistent path through the low-lying timber. It lies 14.6 miles northwest of Newberry, SC (from Newberry, SC: bearing 311°T), and is situated 5.6 miles southeast of Clinton. The landscape surrounding Joanna is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition between dense thickets of pine and open, sun-bleached fields, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the horizon sixty-five miles to the northwest. Moisture clings to the air near Heath Copeland Pond, where the water often takes on the color of polished slate under the heavy, humid afternoons typical of this inland expanse. Within the local borders, the green canopy of Joanna Park provides a stillness that contrasts with the persistent, low hum of the region’s long-standing connection to the textile trade.

Economic life in Joanna has long been tethered to the rhythmic output of the mills, a legacy that etched a singular, disciplined character into the architecture and the daily habits of its residents. The red-dusted streets reflect a history of labor that persists beneath the modern veneer, grounding the identity of Joanna in the tangible reality of manufactured goods and the endurance of the local workforce. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the shifting light that filters through the trees and across the empty lots where industry once stood at full capacity. Even now, the stillness of the afternoon suggests a place that has learned to wait, holding its breath between the echoes of its past and the quiet, incremental changes of the present day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Joanna Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 234° SW
  • Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 2.5 mi, 037° NE · 375k acres
  • Pine Street Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 303° NW
  • The Great Blue Heron (Public Artwork) — 5.5 mi, 308° NW
  • Armed Forces Memorial (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 308° NW
  • Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 311° NW
  • Confederate Memorial (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 311° NW
  • Clinton Reservoir Tract (Local Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 326° NW
  • Whitmire Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 12.6 mi, 060° NE
  • Little River Park Stage (Theatre) — 13.3 mi, 296° NW
  • Laurens County Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 295° NW
  • Revolutionary War Museum & Library (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 295° NW
  • John C. Calhoun Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 13.7 mi, 021° N
  • Cross Keys School (Historic Ruins) — 15.0 mi, 005° N
  • Lake Greenwood State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 209° SW
  • Cherokee Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 311° NW
  • Lake Rabon (Local Recreation) — 19.5 mi, 284° W
  • Ekom Beach (Historic Ruins) — 20.1 mi, 270° W
  • Memorial A-60 Battle Tank (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 217° SW
  • Cliff Pitts Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.6 mi, 277° W
  • Josephine B. Abney Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 25.6 mi, 235° SW
  • Croft State Park (State Park) — 29.7 mi, 355° N
  • CCNB Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 32.3 mi, 311° NW
  • Abbeville County Museum (Museum) — 36.8 mi, 244° SW
  • Upstate Gallery on Main (Gallery) — 37.6 mi, 349° N
  • Ridge Gallery (Gallery) — 37.6 mi, 349° N
  • Studio LB (Gallery) — 37.7 mi, 349° N
  • Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg (Museum) — 37.7 mi, 348° N
  • Congaree National Park (National Park) — 66.7 mi, 126° SE · 26k acres
  • Congaree National Park Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 66.8 mi, 126° SE · 15k acres

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About This Joanna Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Joanna, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.415926, -81.800222. 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 Joanna includes the ZIP code (29351), telephone area code (864), county seat of Laurens County (Laurens), and school district assignment (Laurens School District 56).

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.