Pendleton South Carolina Map

About Pendleton, South Carolina

Pendleton is a locality in Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,489. The population density is 284.0 people per km². Pendleton is located at 34.6422°N, 82.7791°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Pendleton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29670.

Pendleton unfolds across the rolling red-clay expanse of the piedmont, where the air thickens with the scent of damp earth and pine needles. It lies 3.8 miles southeast of Clemson, SC (from Clemson, SC: bearing 126°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east-southeast of Seneca. The horizon to the northwest catches the faint, jagged silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains, a distant blue reminder of the rugged terrain that keeps the humid, inland climate in a perpetual state of transition. Eighteenmile Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the surrounding woodlands, its waters reflecting the shifting light of a sun that lingers long over the fields. At the Pendleton Community Center, the grass is kept close-cropped and orderly, providing a central point of gravity for a landscape that otherwise drifts into thickets and quiet, shaded groves near the still surface of Lamaster Pond.

Pendleton carries the weight of its antebellum foundations in the preservation of its historic district, where grand porches and tall chimneys define the architecture of a former agricultural hub. The economy has long since shifted from the labor of the plantation era, moving through the cycles of textile manufacturing to the modern, steady pulse of a local market driven by proximity to regional academic institutions. Life in Pendleton moves with an intentional, deliberate pace, where the bustle of the present is tempered by the gravity of long-standing family lines and the physical remnants of the past. Residents move between the modern convenience of the local center and the persistent, quiet endurance of the surrounding landscape, maintaining a balance that favors the slow accumulation of seasons over the rapid turnover of urban life.

About This Pendleton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pendleton, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.642243, -82.779112. 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 Pendleton includes the ZIP code (29670), telephone area code (864), county seat of Anderson County (Anderson), and school district assignment (Anderson School District 4).

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.