Explore Starr, 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 Starr, 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 Starr.
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 | Starr |
| State | South Carolina (SC) |
| County | Anderson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.377051 |
| Longitude | -82.695689 |
| Population | 165 |
| Density | 42.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 29684 |
| Area Code | 864 |
| County Seat | Anderson |
| School District | Anderson School District 3 |
Starr emerges from the red-clay piedmont as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, where the moisture of the inland air softens the edges of the horizon. It lies 9.1 miles south-southwest of Anderson, SC (from Anderson, SC: bearing 197°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-southwest of Homeland Park. The Little Generostee Creek winds its way through the landscape, a slender ribbon of water that carves a subtle path through the woodland and fields. Beyond the immediate terrain, the distant Appalachian Mountains provide a jagged, violet ink-line against the evening sky, reminding those who walk the Starr Walking Track that they exist in a space between the high peaks and the deep, silent interior of the state. Light here often turns a bruised, honeyed gold at dusk, catching the dust of the fields and the pale, silvered bark of hardwoods that stand watch over the creek bed.
Starr maintains a character forged by the slow, deliberate turn of agricultural cycles and the enduring legacy of the railroads that once dictated the pulse of local commerce. Prosperity in Starr has long been tied to the soil and the quiet industry of its residents, who navigate the rhythm of the seasons with a steady, unadorned grace. The presence of Richard B Russell Lake, resting six miles away, exerts a cooling influence on the summer heat, drawing the gaze toward the shimmering, expansive water that serves as a reservoir for both memory and necessity. Life in Starr carries the weight of past generations, yet it remains anchored in the present, marked by the simple, persistent movement of people who recognize that true permanence is found in the way the land holds their history.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Starr, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.377051, -82.695689. 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 Starr includes the ZIP code (29684), telephone area code (864), county seat of Anderson County (Anderson), and school district assignment (Anderson School District 3).
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. |