Explore Salem, South Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Salem, South Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of South Carolina or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Salem.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Salem |
| State | South Carolina (SC) |
| County | Florence County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.887923 |
| Longitude | -82.975224 |
| Population | 120 |
| Density | 50.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 29555, 29583, 29512, 29676 |
| Area Code | 843, 854, 864 |
| County Seat | Florence |
| School District | Oconee County School District |
Salem occupies a flat expanse of inland territory where the horizon stretches wide under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 25.6 miles southeast of Florence, SC (from Florence, SC: bearing 146°T), and is situated 14.0 miles east of Lake City. The ground here favors a quiet, sedimentary composition, punctuated by the slow, deliberate movement of Little Swamp, which meanders through the landscape only a mile from the center. To the west, the distant silhouette of Big Sandy Ridge serves as a faint, jagged reminder of the earth’s ancient shifts, while the stillness of J H Holliday Pond offers a reflective surface for the shifting light of afternoon. Within this low-lying terrain, the depression known as Macs Bay creates a subtle variation in the elevation, holding the moisture that feeds the dense, verdant growth defining the local woods.
Salem retains an atmosphere of disciplined endurance, shaped by a history of agrarian labor and the slow accumulation of generations. The local economy persists in a measured cadence, drawing sustenance from the surrounding soil and the proximity of the Pee Dee Station Site Wildlife Management Area, which preserves the integrity of the natural habitat. Life in Salem follows the cycle of the seasons, moving with a gravity that ignores the frantic pace of distant urban centers. The air carries a heavy, humid weight that seems to thicken as the sun dips low, casting long, amber shadows across the fields and grounding the quiet industry of those who have long made their lives upon this singular, inland stretch of earth.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Salem, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.887923, -82.975224. 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 Salem includes the ZIP code (29555, 29583, 29512), telephone area code (843, 854, 864), county seat of Florence County (Florence), and school district assignment (Oconee County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |