Zion South Carolina Map

About Zion, South Carolina

Zion is a locality in Marion County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 136. The population density is 147.9 people per km². Zion is located at 34.2599°N, 79.3178°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 29574.

Zion emerges from the dense, pine-shadowed interior of the South Carolina landscape, a place where the earth settles into a quiet, sandy stillness. It lies 25.8 miles east of Florence, SC (from Florence, SC: bearing 80°T), and is situated 7.4 miles northeast of Marion. The horizon holds the faint, bruised outline of the Bear Sand Ridges, standing eleven miles distant as silent sentinels over the flat, agrarian expanse. Through the local woods, The Gulley carves a modest, winding path, its dark waters reflecting the heavy, humid air that lingers long after the sun retreats. Only four miles away, the protected woodlands of Little Pee Dee State Park offer a sanctuary of loblolly and cypress, while the quiet surface of Pee Dee State Park Lake six miles to the north captures the amber light of late afternoon.

Zion bears the weight of a long agricultural legacy, where the economy remains tethered to the patient cycles of the soil and the seasonal rhythm of the harvest. Families have worked these fields for generations, their history marked by the slow, steady labor that defines the character of the region. Eight miles to the west, the basin of Ellerbe Bay creates a subtle depression in the topography, influencing the drainage and the particular temper of the surrounding cropland. Life in Zion unfolds with a deliberate, measured pace, defined by the rustle of dry cornstalks and the deep, persistent shade of the hardwoods that mark the boundaries between private acreage and the wilder, unkempt edges of the woods.

About This Zion Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Zion, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.259882, -79.317826. 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 Zion includes the ZIP code (29574), telephone area code (843, 854), county seat of Marion County (Marion), and school district assignment (Marion School District 10).

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.