Red Hill South Carolina Map

About Red Hill, South Carolina

Red Hill is a locality in Union County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of 15,906. The population density is 556.2 people per km². Red Hill is located at 33.7780°N, 79.0151°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 29450, 29379, 29588.

Red Hill emerges from the red-clay earth as a quiet study in persistence, defined by the steady, unadorned course of Hughes Creek that carves its way through the landscape. It lies 23.4 miles south-southeast of Gaffney, SC (from Gaffney, SC: bearing 158°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east-northeast of Union. The horizon is punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains, a reminder of the rugged terrain that lies far beyond the immediate, gentle incline of the local topography. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality in the late afternoon, catching the silted waters of Cudds Pond and turning the surface into a sheet of hammered copper. Dense stands of timber from the nearby Sumter National Forest encroach upon the edges of the fields, their deep green shadows offering a cool reprieve from the humid air that hangs over the fields during the summer months.

Red Hill maintains a pace dictated by the seasonal cycle of the land, where the remnants of agricultural heritage remain etched into the social order and the quiet habits of those who dwell here. Industry in Red Hill has long shifted from the intensive tilling of previous generations toward a modest, decentralized economy that values the slow accumulation of local stability over the frantic expansion of more urban centers. The presence of Sumter National Forest serves as a persistent backdrop for the community, ensuring that the wilder, wooded character of the region remains a tangible part of daily experience. Evening in Red Hill arrives not with a sudden shift, but as a gradual thickening of the light, leaving the residents to navigate a landscape that feels less like a place of transit and more like a permanent, settled point in the interior of the state.

About This Red Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Red Hill, South Carolina. Coordinates: 33.777957, -79.015118. 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 Red Hill includes the ZIP code (29450, 29379, 29588), telephone area code (864, 843, 854), county seat of Union County (Union), 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.