Shiloh South Carolina Map

About Shiloh, South Carolina

Shiloh is a locality in Charleston 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 reveals itself through a landscape of heavy, humid stillness where the earth holds the heat long after the sun has retreated behind the pines. It lies 22.8 miles southwest of Summerville, SC (from Summerville, SC: bearing 214°T), and is situated 8.9 miles west of Hollywood. The terrain here is defined by a flat, agrarian patience, punctuated by the slow, deliberate movement of Penny Creek as it carves a path through the dense undergrowth just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate canopy, the horizon remains stubbornly level, though on the clearest winter mornings, one might imagine the faint, jagged suggestion of Fiddlers Ridge haunting the distance like a half-remembered dream. The air carries the scent of damp loam and pine needles, a heavy, vegetal perfume that settles over the fields and defines the quiet, persistent pulse of the land.

Shiloh maintains its rhythm through an economy rooted in the soil, where the persistence of small-scale agriculture shapes the daily habits of its residents. The proximity to the Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge provides a vast, protected expanse of wilderness that acts as a natural lung for the area, balancing the cleared acreage with wild, untamed thickets. History in Shiloh is not found in grand monuments, but in the layered vernacular architecture of homes that have weathered generations of changing seasons and shifting fortunes. While the serenity of the woods remains absolute, the influence of the wider region’s complex past lingers in the architecture and the deliberate, unhurried way neighbors greet one another in the heat of the afternoon.

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 Charleston County (Charleston), 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.