Shiloh South Carolina Map

About Shiloh, South Carolina

Shiloh is a locality in Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 168. The population density is 6.6 people per km². Shiloh is located at 33.9482°N, 80.0189°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 29678, 29620, 29316.

Shiloh exists as a quiet accumulation of red clay and pine needle, defined by the steady, unpretentious path of McCord Creek as it threads through the low-lying terrain. It lies 8.0 miles west-northwest of Greenwood, SC (from Greenwood, SC: bearing 297°T), and is situated 7.1 miles northeast of Abbeville. The landscape here is defined by a deep, inland stillness, where the humidity clings to the timber and the horizon remains stubbornly flat, lacking the jagged drama of the distant Appalachian Mountains. Two miles from the edge of the Sumter National Forest, the air carries a heavy, earthy scent, particularly at dusk when the light turns the color of bruised peaches and settles over the fields. Shiloh sits in a region where the earth is porous and dark, drinking up the rain and holding the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has retreated behind the tree line.

Life in Shiloh moves with the deliberate pace of agricultural cycles, rooted in a history of soil management and the labor of those who cleared these woods generations ago. The local economy remains anchored to the land, tethered to the rhythms of the forest and the small-scale cultivation that sustains the families living between the creek and the dense pines. While Lake Chinquapin lies six miles away, offering a glassy stillness to the surrounding woods, the immediate character of the place is shaped by the proximity of the Sumter National Forest, which acts as a vast, silent neighbor. There is a singular honesty to the way the days pass here, marked not by grand events but by the seasonal shift in the color of the brush and the persistence of the water moving through the creek bed.

About This Shiloh Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shiloh, South Carolina. Coordinates: 33.948159, -80.018913. 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 Shiloh includes the ZIP code (29678, 29620, 29316), telephone area code (864, 803, 839), county seat of Abbeville County (Abbeville), 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.