Lane, South Carolina — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Lane, Williamsburg County.
| City | Lane |
| State | South Carolina (SC) |
| County | Williamsburg |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 33.521555 |
| Longitude | -79.878685 |
| Population | 564 |
| Density | 51.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
Lane is a locality in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 564. The population density is 51.9 people per km². Lane is located at 33.5216°N, 79.8787°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 29564.
Lane sits in a land that remembers the slow, deliberate work of water and sun. It lies 38.3 miles south-east of Sumter, SC (from Sumter, SC: bearing 136°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north-north-east of St. Stephen. The earth here is a rich, dark loam, the kind that yields readily to the plow and holds the memory of ancient swamps. Cypress knees, gnarled and patient, stand sentinel in the low-lying areas, hinting at the water table that lies just beneath the surface. Open fields, often quilted with cotton or soybeans, stretch under a sky that can shift from a washed-out blue to a bruised, electric purple in the span of an afternoon. The air itself often carries a humid weight, thick with the scent of damp earth and the distant, sweet perfume of blooming jasmine. The history of Lane is deeply entwined with the agricultural rhythms of the South Carolina Lowcountry, a place where livelihoods have long been tied to the land's bounty. For generations, this was primarily a region of farms, the economy shaped by crops like indigo, rice, and later, cotton. The legacy of these pursuits is still visible in the quiet persistence of the landscape, in the straight lines of fields that recall old boundaries and the scattered remnants of farmhouses that speak of families who worked this soil. While the economy has diversified, the deep connection to the earth remains, a subtle but pervasive undercurrent in the character of Lane, where the pace of life often mirrors the unhurried growth of the crops.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Lane, South Carolina with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Lane and Williamsburg County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Lane is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Lane is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |