Shiloh South Carolina Map

About Shiloh, South Carolina

Shiloh is a locality in Sumter 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 persists as a quiet intersection of pine-shadowed earth and agricultural persistence, defined largely by the slow, dark pulse of Pudding Swamp that carves its path through the nearby terrain. It lies 17.3 miles east of Sumter, SC (from Sumter, SC: bearing 85°T), and is situated 17.1 miles west-northwest of Lake City. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, particularly in the sweltering afternoons when the light turns a bruised, golden hue against the dense canopy of hardwoods. Only six miles distant, the waters of Cypress Lake offer a cooling mirror to the sky, while the broader, flatter horizon suggests the vast, inland plains that stretch toward the distant Sand Hills. The landscape remains defined by its deep, sandy soil and the pervasive scent of damp earth, a stark contrast to the distant, arid peaks that barely register as a faint, gray jaggedness on the far horizon.

Shiloh retains the character of an enduring agrarian settlement, where the rhythms of the seasons dictate the pace of life far more than the frantic ticking of a clock. The economic vitality of Shiloh has long been tethered to the harvest of the surrounding fields, a tradition that persists even as modern industry touches the edges of the county. Just two miles away, the protected expanse of Woods Bay State Park serves as a sanctuary for the Carolina bays, those mysterious, elliptical depressions that dot the landscape like ancient, forgotten scars. History here is felt in the architecture of modest, wooden structures and the quiet resilience of its inhabitants, who maintain a connection to the land that is both practical and profound. The nearby reach of Pats Bay emphasizes the geologic uniqueness of the region, grounding the identity of Shiloh in a geography of quiet, inland complexity that eschews the noise of more crowded corners of the state.

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 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.