Troy South Carolina Map

About Troy, South Carolina

Troy is a locality in Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 83. The population density is 40.1 people per km². Troy is located at 33.9876°N, 82.2979°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Troy is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29848.

Troy sits upon the steady, red-clay rise of the Piedmont, where the air holds the thick, sweet weight of pine needles and damp earth. It lies 16.3 miles south-southwest of Greenwood, SC (from Greenwood, SC: bearing 209°T), and is situated 5.1 miles north of McCormick. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of Sumter National Forest, which presses close to the edge of the houses, marking the boundary where the cultivated land yields to the untamed thicket. Only a mile away, the quiet current of Puckett Branch carves a narrow, shaded path through the undergrowth, its waters reflecting the deep, verdant greens of the timberland. On clear days, the faint, hazy suggestion of the Appalachian Mountains might be glimpsed far to the west, a serrated shadow against the horizon that serves as a distant anchor for the landscape.

Troy remains a place shaped by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons and the enduring legacy of the surrounding timber and agricultural trades. The proximity of the vast J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir, located just four miles away, influences the local mood, drawing those who seek the stillness of the water as the evening light turns the surface to a polished, slate-gray mirror. Life here moves with the modest, unforced momentum of a region that has long relied on the bounty of the woods and the soil for its sustenance. Residents walk roads that trace the contours of the terrain, moving through a landscape that keeps its own history in the quiet persistence of its forests and the steady, rhythmic pulse of rural life.

About This Troy Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Troy, South Carolina. Coordinates: 33.987622, -82.297904. 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 Troy includes the ZIP code (29848), telephone area code (864), county seat of Greenwood County (Greenwood), and school district assignment (Greenwood School District 50).

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.