Springfield South Carolina Map

About Springfield, South Carolina

Springfield is a locality in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 455. The population density is 101.0 people per km². Springfield is located at 33.4967°N, 81.2795°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Springfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 29907, 29414, 29146.

Springfield emerges from the humid, low-lying coastal plain where the air hangs heavy with the scent of salt and damp pine. It lies 4.0 miles northeast of Beaufort, SC (from Beaufort, SC: bearing 35°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-northeast of Port Royal. The horizon remains flat, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of Fiddlers Ridge that anchors the western sky, while the immediate landscape is defined by the slow, dark meander of Rock Springs Creek as it cuts through the sandy loam. At the center of the local geography, Coursen Tate Park offers a verdant expanse of saw palmetto and scrub oak, providing a refuge for the herons that drift above the wetlands. Four miles away, the dark, stagnant surface of Spring Well Pond mirrors the shifting clouds, while the nearby Warsaw Flats create a subtle depression in the earth, catching the runoff that eventually leeches toward the brackish marshes. Eight miles to the east, the Atlantic Ocean exerts a rhythmic pull on the climate, tempering the heat with a persistent, moisture-laden breeze that keeps the foliage perpetually glistening.

Springfield maintains a quiet endurance, its economy rooted in the legacy of timber and the seasonal labor of the fields that have long defined this coastal corridor. History lingers in the architecture of the older storefronts, where the weathered wood bears the patina of decades of salt air and relentless humidity. Life in Springfield moves with a deliberate, tidal pulse, largely untroubled by the frantic pace of the larger ports to the north, favoring instead the local rhythm of the harvest and the quiet navigation of the nearby waterways. A short distance from the mainland, Goat Island remains an untouched sentinel, its dense thickets serving as a reminder of the wilder, uncultivated state of the coast. Residents move through their days under a wide, pale sky, their lives punctuated by the call of marsh birds and the distant, muffled roar of the Atlantic Ocean, a constant reminder of the vast, surging expanse that lies just beyond the reach of the pines.

About This Springfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Springfield, South Carolina. Coordinates: 33.496737, -81.279493. 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 Springfield includes the ZIP code (29907, 29414, 29146), telephone area code (864, 803), county seat of Beaufort County (Beaufort), and school district assignment (Orangeburg 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.