Loris South Carolina Map

About Loris, South Carolina

Loris is a locality in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,449. The population density is 207.7 people per km². Loris is located at 34.0563°N, 78.8903°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Loris is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29569.

Loris occupies a quiet expanse of the South Carolina lowlands where the air hangs heavy and sweet with the scent of damp earth and pine. It lies 17.7 miles north-northeast of Conway, SC (from Conway, SC: bearing 31°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south of Tabor City. The horizon remains stubbornly flat, a vast stage for the violet bruise of dusk that settles over the fields, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Bear Sand Ridges haunts the western sky like a memory of higher ground. Water defines the edges of this landscape, with the dark, slow-moving current of Gaskins Branch threading through the woods just a mile away, feeding the thirsty soil. Toward the coast, the atmosphere carries a faint, brackish promise of Strouds Bay, though the intervening miles of dense timber and open farmland keep the sea at a respectful, hushed distance.

Loris grew from the stubborn grit of agrarian life, its economy long anchored to the rhythms of the harvest and the steady labor of the fields. The pace of daily existence finds its cadence at the Loris Recreation Fields, where the dust of the diamond marks the passage of seasons more reliably than any calendar. Residents often seek the stillness of Tyler Ponds, a local sanctuary where the water mirrors the shifting light of the canopy above. History here is written in the rows of crops and the quiet endurance of families who have worked this land since the early days of settlement, long before the modern pulse of regional trade began to quicken. It is a place where the stillness of the afternoon suggests that time is not a line to be crossed, but a current to be navigated with patience.

About This Loris Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Loris, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.056281, -78.890304. 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 Loris includes the ZIP code (29569), telephone area code (843, 854), county seat of Horry County (Conway), and school district assignment (Horry County School District).

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.