Explore Winnsboro, 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 Winnsboro, 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 Winnsboro.
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 | Winnsboro |
| State | South Carolina (SC) |
| County | Fairfield County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.371822 |
| Longitude | -81.090658 |
| Population | 3,215 |
| Density | 384.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 29180 |
| Area Code | 803 |
| County Seat | Winnsboro |
| School District | Fairfield County School District |
Winnsboro occupies a steady, inland expanse where the piedmont landscape defines the horizon through a series of subtle, earth-toned rises and quiet woodland hollows. It lies 21.1 miles north-northeast of Irmo, SC (from Irmo, SC: bearing 15°T), and is situated 13.2 miles north-northwest of Blythewood. McCulley Creek draws a thin, reflective line through the soil just a mile from the center, feeding the moisture that keeps the local pines and hardwoods dense and verdant. At Friendship Park, the land offers a localized stillness, a patch of green that serves as a quiet anchor for the community. The air here holds a distinct, heavy warmth during the summer months, carrying the scent of red clay and pine resin that clings to the skin long after the sun has dipped below the trees. Three miles away, the water of Jackson Mill Creek Watershed Structure Number Two sits calm and undisturbed, mirroring the shifting clouds in a way that suggests a slow, deliberate passage of time.
Winnsboro carries a weight of history in its architecture, where the granite facades of the buildings speak to a long-standing connection to the stone quarries that once anchored the local economy. This industry provided the foundation for a town that grew through the rhythms of extraction and manual labor, leaving behind a legacy of sturdy, enduring structures that ground the modern streets. Today, the pace of life maintains a measured consistency, defined by the daily movements of residents navigating the intersection of heritage and current enterprise. Even as the economy has shifted, the character of Winnsboro remains tied to the texture of its geography, where the distant silhouette of Buck Hill serves as a faint, gray reminder of the rugged terrain that exists far beyond the local fields. Life here unfolds with an unforced gravity, rooted in the red earth and the persistent, quiet growth of the surrounding woods.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Winnsboro, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.371822, -81.090658. 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 Winnsboro includes the ZIP code (29180), telephone area code (803), county seat of Fairfield County (Winnsboro), and school district assignment (Fairfield County School District).
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. |