Pinewood South Carolina Map

About Pinewood, South Carolina

Pinewood is a locality in Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 503. The population density is 181.3 people per km². Pinewood is located at 33.7396°N, 80.4620°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Pinewood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 29526, 29906, 29061.

Pinewood emerges from a landscape defined by the slow, steady movement of Pine Tree Creek, which carves a path through the dense, sandy earth of the South Carolina interior. It lies 14.3 miles south-southwest of Sumter, SC (from Sumter, SC: bearing 209°T), and is situated 9.8 miles southwest of Lakewood. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain transitions into the rugged, undulating rise of the Sand Hills, which establish a firm, earthen horizon six miles to the west. The air here holds a heavy, expectant humidity, often clinging to the loblolly pines and wiregrass that define the nearby Poinsett State Forest. Light at dusk filters through these trees in thick, amber shafts, illuminating the quiet surface of Weeks Pond and casting long, sharp shadows across the flat, open expanses that characterize the region.

Pinewood carries the weight of a long agricultural legacy, where the economy has historically pivoted on the rhythms of the harvest and the persistent labor of the soil. The Pinewood Community Center serves as the modern anchor for daily life, providing a space for the social ties that have sustained residents through generations of change. To the west, the basin of Bush Bay remains a quiet reminder of the area’s geological formation, a subtle depression in the land that contrasts with the higher ground nearby. Life in Pinewood moves with a deliberate, measured pace, shaped by the cycles of the seasons and the enduring presence of the forest, where the silence is broken only by the occasional sound of wind shifting through the needles or the distant, rhythmic call of native birds.

About This Pinewood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pinewood, South Carolina. Coordinates: 33.739585, -80.462016. 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 Pinewood includes the ZIP code (29526, 29906, 29061), telephone area code (803, 839), county seat of Sumter County (Sumter), and school district assignment (Sumter County Consolidated 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.