List of cities and towns in South Carolina

Map of the United States with South Carolina highlighted.

As of the 2010 United States Census, there are 269 incorporated cities and towns in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

Incorporated cities and towns

Columbia – Skyline from Arsenal Hill

Charleston – Atlantic Street at E. Battery Street

North Charleston – City Hall

Greenville – Skyline by night

Hilton Head Island – Harbour Town

Myrtle Beach

At incorporation, municipalities may choose to be named either "City of" or "Town of", however there is no legal difference between the two.

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Place Name	County(ies)	Type of incorporation	Population (2011)	Area (2010)		Density (2010)
				sq mi	km2	/sq mi	/km2
Abbeville §	Abbeville County	City	5,183	6.13	15.87	854.6	329.97
Aiken §	Aiken County	City	29,627	20.84	53.97	1,416.77	547.04
Allendale §	Allendale County	Town	3,482	3.31	8.57	1,051.96	406.18
Anderson §	Anderson County	City	26,871	14.64	37.91	1,822.94	703.86
Andrews	Georgetown County Williamsburg County	Town	2,861	2.21	5.71	1,297.51	500.99
Arcadia Lakes	Richland County	Town	861	0.67	1.74	1,285.07	496.19
Atlantic Beach	Horry County	Town	334	0.16	0.41	2,087.5	806.02
Awendaw	Charleston County	Town	1,294	9.68	25.06	133.73	51.64
Aynor	Horry County	Town	560	1.86	4.81	301.56	116.44
Bamberg §	Bamberg County	City	3,607	3.59	9.31	1,003.62	387.51
Barnwell §	Barnwell County	City	4,750	8	20.71	593.9	229.31
Batesburg-Leesville	Lexington County Saluda County	Town	5,451	7.89	20.43	679.68	262.44
Beaufort §	Beaufort County	City	12,534	33.58	86.97	368.12	142.14
Belton	Anderson County	City	4,134	3.86	9.98	1,072.37	414.06
Bennettsville §	Marlboro County	City	8,949	6.75	17.48	1,343.75	518.84
Bethune	Kershaw County	Town	334	1.1	2.85	303.64	117.24
Bishopville §	Lee County	City	3,471	2.37	6.14	1,465.18	565.73
Blacksburg	Cherokee County	Town	1,848	1.87	4.85	987.18	381.17
Blackville	Barnwell County	Town	2,406	9.03	23.4	266.33	102.83
Blenheim	Marlboro County	Town	154	0.65	1.69	235.83	91.06
Bluffton	Beaufort County	Town	12,734	53.51	138.59	234.16	90.41
Blythewood	Richland County Fairfield County	Town	2,034	9.76	25.27	208.44	80.48
Bonneau	Berkeley County	Town	487	2.39	6.18	204.02	78.78
Bowman	Orangeburg County	Town	968	1.2	3.1	808.69	312.25
Branchville	Orangeburg County	Town	1,024	3.14	8.14	325.91	125.84
Briarcliffe Acres	Horry County	Town	457	0.66	1.7	697.71	269.4
Brunson	Hampton County	Town	554	1.02	2.63	544.74	210.33
Burnettown	Aiken County	Town	2,673	6.03	15.62	443.28	171.16
Calhoun Falls	Abbeville County	Town	2,004	3.46	8.96	579.19	223.63
Camden §	Kershaw County	City	6,902	11.39	29.49	600.46	231.85
Cameron	Calhoun County	Town	424	3.13	8.09	135.68	52.39
Campobello	Spartanburg County	Town	502	2.79	7.23	179.8	69.42
Carlisle	Union County	Town	436	1.42	3.67	307.91	118.89
Cayce	Lexington County Richland County	City	12,743	17.42	45.11	719.26	277.72
Central Pacolet	Spartanburg County	Town	216	0.25	0.647	864	333.8
Central	Pickens County	Town	5,175	2.69	6.96	1,917.84	740.77
Chapin	Lexington County	Town	1,445	2.02	5.24	714.64	275.93
Charleston §	Charleston County Berkeley County	City	122,689	108.98	282.25	1,125.79	434.68
Cheraw	Chesterfield County	Town	5,830	5.46	14.13	1,072.2	413.99
Chesnee	Spartanburg County Cherokee County	City	868	1.14	2.94	763.41	294.77
Chester §	Chester County	City	5,570	3.27	8.46	1,716.25	662.67
Chesterfield §	Chesterfield County	Town	1,472	4.05	10.48	363.91	140.51
Clemson	Pickens County Anderson County	City	13,946	7.9	20.47	1,759.68	679.44
Clinton	Laurens County	City	8,489	9.94	25.75	853.87	329.69
Clio	Marlboro County	Town	726	0.86	2.22	848.13	327.48
Clover	York County	Town	5,196	4.47	11.58	1,139.6	440.02
Columbia §	Richland County Lexington County	City	130,591	134.93	349.45	958.07	369.93
Conway §	Horry County	City	17,513	22.78	59.01	750.69	289.85
Cope	Orangeburg County	Town	77	0.25	0.65	308	118.92
Cordova	Orangeburg County	Town	169	0.44	1.13	387.61	149.66
Cottageville	Colleton County	Town	762	3.42	8.85	223.07	86.13
Coward	Florence County	Town	752	3.53	9.15	212.91	82.21
Cowpens	Spartanburg County	Town	2,162	2.36	6.11	916.88	354.02
Cross Hill	Laurens County	Town	507	3.09	8.01	164.02	63.33
Darlington §	Darlington County	City	6,254	4.55	11.78	1,383.11	534.04
Denmark	Bamberg County	City	3,538	3.84	9.94	921.59	355.84
Dillon §	Dillon County	City	6,726	5.24	13.56	1,296.41	500.56
Donalds	Abbeville County	Town	348	0.84	2.17	415.27	160.34
Due West	Abbeville County	Town	1,247	1.64	4.25	760.37	293.59
Duncan	Spartanburg County	Town	3,181	4.78	12.37	665.9	257.11
Easley	Pickens County Anderson County	City	20,058	12.28	31.8	1,628.36	628.73
Eastover	Richland County	Town	813	3.32	8.61	244.66	94.47
Edgefield §	Edgefield County	Town	4,750	4.3	11.13	1,104.91	426.62
Edisto Beach	Colleton County	Town	414	5.46	14.14	75.85	29.29
Ehrhardt	Bamberg County	Town	545	3.11	8.06	175.13	67.62
Elgin	Kershaw County	Town	1,311	4.88	12.63	268.87	103.81
Elko	Barnwell County	Town	193	1.05	2.72	183.98	71.04
Elloree	Orangeburg County	Town	692	0.96	2.47	724.61	279.78
Estill	Hampton County	Town	2,040	3.23	8.37	631.58	243.86
Eutawville	Orangeburg County	Town	315	0.95	2.47	330.88	127.76
Fairfax	Allendale County	Town	2,025	2.1	5.43	965.2	372.68
Florence §	Florence County	City	37,326	20.93	54.22	1,770.13	683.48
Folly Beach	Charleston County	City	2,617	18.87	48.87	138.69	53.55
Forest Acres	Richland County	City	10,496	4.97	12.86	2,085.97	805.42
Fort Lawn	Chester County	Town	895	1.39	3.61	642.5	248.08
Fort Mill	York County	Town	11,027	16.6	42.98	651.46	251.54
Fountain Inn	Greenville County Laurens County	City	7,937	7.92	20.51	984.6	380.17
Furman	Hampton County	Town	239	3.12	8.08	76.65	29.6
Gaffney §	Cherokee County	City	12,456	8.35	21.63	1,486.71	574.04
Gaston	Lexington County	Town	1,645	5.31	13.76	309.56	119.53
Georgetown §	Georgetown County	City	9,138	7.52	19.47	1,219.13	470.73
Gifford	Hampton County	Town	288	0.97	2.5	297.83	115
Gilbert	Lexington County	Town	565	2.77	7.18	203.82	78.7
Goose Creek	Berkeley County	City	37,035	40.85	105.81	879.67	339.65
Govan	Bamberg County	Town	65	0.75	1.95	86.44	33.37
Gray Court	Laurens County	Town	795	1.87	4.85	424.23	163.8
Great Falls	Chester County	Town	1,979	4.38	11.34	451.93	174.5
Greeleyville	Williamsburg County	Town	438	1.22	3.17	358.14	138.28
Greenville §	Greenville County	City	60,379	28.82	74.63	2,026.89	782.61
Greenwood §	Greenwood County	City	23,342	16.35	42.34	1,420.31	548.4
Greer	Greenville County Spartanburg County	City	26,002	22.72	58.85	1,122.82	433.54
Hampton §	Hampton County	Town	2,808	4.53	11.72	620.28	239.5
Hanahan	Berkeley County	City	18,579	11.51	29.81	1,563.6	603.73
Hardeeville	Jasper County	City	2,952	45.27	117.24	65.21	25.18
Harleyville	Dorchester County	Town	677	1.15	2.98	587.67	226.91
Hartsville	Darlington County	City	7,723	6.16	15.96	1,260.19	486.58
Heath Springs	Lancaster County	Town	790	1.63	4.21	486.15	187.71
Hemingway	Williamsburg County	Town	459	0.85	2.2	539.37	208.26
Hickory Grove	York County	Town	440	1.67	4.33	263.32	101.67
Hilda	Barnwell County	Town	447	3.11	8.05	143.82	55.53
Hilton Head Island	Beaufort County	Town	37,675	69.13	179.05	536.62	207.2
Hodges	Greenwood County	Town	155	0.78	2.03	197.96	76.43
Holly Hill	Orangeburg County	Town	1,277	1.31	3.4	973.32	375.81
Hollywood	Charleston County	Town	4,714	24.52	63.49	192.29	74.25
Honea Path	Anderson County Abbeville County	Town	3,597	3.62	9.38	993.65	383.66
Inman	Spartanburg County	City	2,321	1.44	3.73	1,611.81	622.34
Irmo	Richland County Lexington County	Town	11,283	6.26	16.22	1,772.4	684.35
Isle of Palms	Charleston County	City	4,133	5.44	14.08	760.3	293.56
Iva	Anderson County	Town	1,218	0.9	2.32	1,360.89	525.46
Jackson	Aiken County	Town	1,700	3.55	9.18	479.41	185.11
Jamestown	Berkeley County	Town	72	0.61	1.57	118.81	45.88
Jefferson	Chesterfield County	Town	753	1.81	4.68	416.71	160.9
Jenkinsville	Fairfield County	Town	46	0.09	0.23	516.85	199.57
Johnsonville	Florence County	City	1,480	2.09	5.4	709.49	273.95
Johnston	Edgefield County	Town	2,362	2.73	7.08	863.94	333.58
Jonesville	Union County	Town	911	1.02	2.65	890.52	343.84
Kershaw	Lancaster County	Town	1,803	1.86	4.81	970.92	374.89
Kiawah Island	Charleston County	Town	1,626	13.45	34.83	120.9	46.68
Kingstree §	Williamsburg County	Town	3,328	3.18	8.23	1,047.2	404.34
Kline	Barnwell County	Town	197	3.13	8.11	62.92	24.29
Lake City	Florence County	City	6,725	5.23	13.55	1,276.05	492.7
Lake View	Dillon County	Town	807	1.69	4.37	478.08	184.59
Lamar	Darlington County	Town	989	1.17	3.03	845.3	326.38
Lancaster §	Lancaster County	City	8,667	6.5	16.83	1,312.1	506.62
Landrum	Spartanburg County	City	2,376	2.69	6.96	884.59	341.55
Lane	Williamsburg County	Town	508	3.95	10.23	128.61	49.66
Latta	Dillon County	Town	1,379	1.1	2.84	1,258.21	485.81
Laurens §	Laurens County	City	9,134	10.39	26.9	879.93	339.76
Lexington §	Lexington County	Town	18,179	8.95	23.17	1,997.09	771.11
Liberty	Pickens County	City	3,269	4.46	11.56	732.3	282.75
Lincolnville	Charleston County Dorchester County	Town	1,139	1.19	3.08	957.14	369.57
Little Mountain	Newberry County	Town	291	1.42	3.67	205.36	79.29
Livingston	Orangeburg County	Town	136	0.82	2.11	166.87	64.43
Lockhart	Union County	Town	488	0.41	1.06	1,193.15	460.7
Lodge	Colleton County	Town	120	3.14	8.14	38.17	14.74
Loris	Horry County	City	2,396	4.57	11.83	524.63	202.57
Lowndesville	Abbeville County	Town	128	0.78	2.01	165.16	63.77
Lowrys	Chester County	Town	200	3.16	8.19	63.27	24.43
Luray	Hampton County	Town	127	1.03	2.68	122.94	47.47
Lyman	Spartanburg County	Town	3,243	6.56	16.99	494.28	190.85
Lynchburg	Lee County	Town	373	1.13	2.93	329.51	127.23
Manning §	Clarendon County	City	4,108	2.76	7.15	1,488.41	574.55
Marion §	Marion County	City	6,894	4.42	11.45	1,159.73	602.10
Mauldin	Greenville County	City	23,408	9.95	25.78	2,352.56	907.99
Mayesville	Sumter County	Town	731	3.42	8.86	213.74	82.53
McBee	Chesterfield County	Town	867	2.76	7.15	313.9	121.2
McClellanville	Charleston County	Town	499	4.42	11.45	112.87	43.58
McColl	Marlboro County	Town	2,174	10	25.9	217.4	83.94
McConnells	York County	Town	255	1.02	2.65	249.02	96.15
McCormick §	McCormick County	Town	2,783	3.04	7.88	915.16	353.36
Meggett	Charleston County	Town	1,226	18.42	47.71	66.56	25.7
Moncks Corner §	Berkeley County	Town	8,151	7.42	19.21	1,062.81	410.37
Monetta	Aiken County Saluda County	Town	236	0.74	1.91	320.22	123.64
Mount Croghan	Chesterfield County	Town	195	0.76	1.97	256.92	99.2
Mount Pleasant	Charleston County	Town	69,357	45.08	116.76	1,538.53	594.01
Mullins	Marion County	City	4,663	3.06	7.94	1,521.87	587.62
Myrtle Beach	Horry County	City	27,820	23.57	61.03	1,150.34	444.17
Neeses	Orangeburg County	Town	374	1.75	4.54	213.35	82.38
New Ellenton	Aiken County	City	2,052	8.58	22.22	239.22	92.37
Newberry §	Newberry County	City	10,332	4.78	12.37	2,151.35	830.67
Nichols	Marion County	Town	368	1.41	3.64	261.74	101.06
Ninety Six	Greenwood County	Town	1,998	1.5	3.88	1,333.78	514.99
Norris	Pickens County	Town	813	1.88	4.88	431.53	166.62
North Augusta	Aiken County Edgefield County	City	21,435	20.03	51.88	1,070.14	413.16
North Charleston	Berkeley County Charleston County Dorchester County	City	99,727	73.19	189.56	1,331.8	502.96
North Myrtle Beach	Horry County	City	14,118	17.09	44.27	826.10	318.91
North	Orangeburg County	Town	754	5.19	13.43	145.36	56.13
Norway	Orangeburg County	Town	337	0.8	2.07	421.25	162.65
Olanta	Florence County	Town	563	1	2.59	563.56	217.6
Olar	Bamberg County	Town	257	0.79	2.03	327.39	126.41
Orangeburg §	Orangeburg County	City	13,885	8.48	21.96	1,646.89	635.89
Pacolet	Spartanburg County	Town	2,235	3.53	9.15	632.61	244.26
Pageland	Chesterfield County	Town	2,760	4.41	11.42	625.71	241.6
Pamplico	Florence County	Town	1,226	1.62	4.19	757.73	292.57
Parksville	McCormick County	Town	117	0.73	1.89	160.71	62.05
Patrick	Chesterfield County	Town	351	0.96	2.48	366.01	141.32
Pawleys Island	Georgetown County	Town	103	0.99	2.57	103.83	40.09
Paxville	Clarendon County	Town	185	1.05	2.72	176.02	67.97
Peak	Newberry County	Town	64	0.39	1.01	164.1	63.36
Pelion	Lexington County	Town	674	3.69	9.55	182.8	70.58
Pelzer	Anderson County	Town	89	0.19	0.49	468.42	180.86
Pendleton	Anderson County	Town	2,964	3.82	9.89	776.53	299.83
Perry	Aiken County	Town	233	1.16	3.01	200.52	77.42
Pickens §	Pickens County	City	3,126	2.85	7.38	1,096.84	423.51
Pine Ridge	Lexington County	Town	2,064	4.76	12.32	433.89	167.53
Pinewood	Sumter County	Town	538	1.07	2.77	502.33	193.96
Plum Branch	McCormick County	Town	82	0.36	0.94	226.52	87.46
Pomaria	Newberry County	Town	179	1.05	2.71	170.96	66.01
Port Royal	Beaufort County	Town	10,790	22.01	57	485.14	187.32
Prosperity	Newberry County	Town	1,180	1.87	4.85	630.34	243.38
Quinby	Florence County	Town	932	1.35	3.49	691.39	266.96
Ravenel	Charleston County	Town	2,465	12.64	32.74	194.98	75.29
Reevesville	Dorchester County	Town	196	1.63	4.22	120.39	46.49
Reidville	Spartanburg County	Town	601	1.7	4.41	352.91	136.26
Richburg	Chester County	Town	275	0.88	2.27	313.93	121.21
Ridge Spring	Saluda County	Town	737	1.85	4.79	398.38	158.86
Ridgeland §	Jasper County	Town	4,036	44.71	115.8	90.27	34.85
Ridgeville	Dorchester County	Town	1,979	1.8	4.65	1,101.89	425.46
Ridgeway	Fairfield County	Town	319	0.49	1.26	657.73	253.96
Rock Hill	York County	City	67,423	35.88	92.93	1,843.6	711.84
Rockville	Charleston County	Town	134	0.51	1.33	260.7	100.66
Rowesville	Orangeburg County	Town	304	0.83	2.15	365.38	141.08
Ruby	Chesterfield County	Town	360	2.47	6.39	145.81	56.3
St. George §	Dorchester County	Town	2,084	4.24	10.98	491.39	189.73
St. Matthews §	Calhoun County	Town	2,021	2.76	7.14	732.78	282.94
St. Stephen	Berkeley County	Town	1,697	1.74	4.5	975.85	376.79
Salem	Oconee County	Town	135	6.37	16.49	21.2	8.19
Salley	Aiken County	Town	398	2.7	7	147.24	56.85
Saluda §	Saluda County	Town	3,565	1.93	4.99	1,849.07	713.95
Santee	Orangeburg County	Town	961	0.76	1.97	1,262.81	487.59
Scotia	Hampton County	Town	215	2.03	5.26	105.86	40.87
Scranton	Florence County	Town	932	3.36	8.7	277.46	107.13
Seabrook Island	Charleston County	Town	1,714	2.12	5.49	808.87	312.32
Sellers	Marion County	Town	219	2.39	6.2	91.48	35.32
Seneca	Oconee County	City	8,117	7.55	19.56	1,075.10	414.98
Sharon	York County	Town	494	7	18.14	70.54	27.24
Silverstreet	Newberry County	Town	162	7.7	19.94	21.04	8.12
Simpsonville	Greenville County	City	18,652	8.81	22.82	2,117.14	817.35
Six Mile	Pickens County	Town	675	5.55	14.38	121.6	46.95
Smoaks	Colleton County	Town	126	3.35	8.67	37.65	14.54
Smyrna	York County Cherokee County	Town	45	8.83	22.88	5.09	1.97
Snelling	Barnwell County	Town	274	2.05	5.31	133.66	51.61
Society Hill	Darlington County	Town	563	1.63	4.22	345.4	133.36
South Congaree	Lexington County	Town	2,306	3.29	8.50	700.91	271.29
Spartanburg §	Spartanburg County	City	37,334	19.769	51.20	1,888.42	729.18
Springdale	Lexington County	Town	2,636	3.58	9.26	737.34	284.7
Springfield	Orangeburg County	Town	524	2.4	6.21	218.52	84.37
Starr	Anderson County	Town	173	1.48	3.83	117.05	45.19
Stuckey	Williamsburg County	Town	245	0.94	2.42	262.03	101.17
Sullivan's Island	Charleston County	Town	1,791	3.44	8.91	520.79	201.09
Summerton	Clarendon County	Town	1,000	1.28	3.32	779.42	300.95
Summerville	Dorchester County Berkeley County Charleston County	Town	44,783	18.05	46.74	2,481.05	958.13
Summit	Lexington County	Town	402	1.49	3.86	269.98	104.24
Sumter §	Sumter County	City	40,526	32.29	83.63	1,255.04	484.59
Surfside Beach	Horry County	Town	3,837	1.95	5.06	1,963.66	758.2
Swansea	Lexington County	Town	827	2.09	5.41	396.26	153
Sycamore	Allendale County	Town	180	3.18	8.24	56.6	21.86
Tatum	Marlboro County	Town	75	0.91	2.35	82.6	31.89
Tega Cay	York County	City	7,773	4.56	11.82	1,669.59	644.65
Timmonsville	Florence County	Town	2,320	2.59	6.71	896.1	346
Travelers Rest	Greenville County	City	4,576	4.55	11.77	1,006.6	388.66
Trenton	Edgefield County	Town	196	1.28	3.3	153.61	59.31
Troy	Greenwood County	Town	93	0.8	2.07	116.4	44.94
Turbeville	Clarendon County	Town	766	1.3	3.37	588.78	227.34
Ulmer	Allendale County	Town	88	2.75	7.13	31.98	12.35
Union §	Union County	City	8,311	8.08	20.94	1,038.22	400.87
Vance	Orangeburg County	Town	170	0.51	1.31	336.63	129.98
Varnville	Hampton County	Town	2,162	3.83	9.92	564.2	217.84
Wagener	Aiken County	Town	797	1.18	3.06	674.85	260.57
Walhalla §	Oconee County	City	4,263	4.02	10.41	1,060.45	409.46
Walterboro §	Colleton County	City	5,360	6.49	16.8	832	321.25
Ward	Saluda County	Town	91	0.78	2.01	117.27	45.28
Ware Shoals	Greenwood County Abbeville County Laurens County	Town	2,170	4.02	10.4	540.34	208.63
Waterloo	Laurens County	Town	166	1.4	3.62	118.74	45.85
Wellford	Spartanburg County	City	2,378	4.34	11.24	547.8	211.51
West Columbia	Lexington County	City	15,463	7.2	18.66	2,080.8	803.43
West Pelzer	Anderson County	Town	880	3.41	8.83	257.99	99.61
West Union	Oconee County	Town	291	0.51	1.32	569.47	219.88
Westminster	Oconee County	City	2,418	3.41	8.82	709.09	274.15
Whitmire	Newberry County	Town	1,441	1.24	3.2	1,165.86	450.16
Williams	Colleton County	Town	117	0.85	2.19	138.13	53.34
Williamston	Anderson County	Town	3,934	3.68	9.53	1,069.31	412.88
Williston	Barnwell County	Town	3,139	9.02	23.35	348.16	134.43
Windsor	Aiken County	Town	121	0.66	1.7	183.89	71
Winnsboro §	Fairfield County	Town	3,550	2.63	6.82	1,347.76	520.39
Woodford	Orangeburg County	Town	185	0.79	2.03	235.67	91
Woodruff	Spartanburg County	City	4,090	3.93	10.19	1,039.92	401.53
Yemassee	Hampton County Beaufort County	Town	1,027	4.51	11.68	227.72	87.92
York §	York County	City	7,888	8.33	21.57	928.91	358.67

Census-designated places

There are 126 census-designated places in South Carolina.

Place Name	County(ies)	Population (2010)	Area (2010)	Density (2010)
Alcolu	Clarendon County	429	4.57 sq mi (11.84 km2)	93.87/sq mi (36.25/km2)
Antreville	Abbeville County	140	3.9 sq mi (10.09 km2)	35.94/sq mi (13.88/km2)
Arcadia	Spartanburg County	2,634	1.97 sq mi (5.09 km2)	1,340.46/sq mi (517.57/km2)
Arial	Pickens County	2,543	4.69 sq mi (12.16 km2)	541.76/sq mi (209.18/km2)
Belvedere	Aiken County	5,792	3.51 sq mi (9.09 km2)	1,650.14/sq mi (637.15/km2)
Berea	Greenville County	14,295	8 sq mi (20.72 km2)	1,787.1/sq mi (690.03/km2)
Boiling Springs	Spartanburg County	8,219	6.84 sq mi (17.71 km2)	1,202.14/sq mi (464.16/km2)
Bonneau Beach	Berkeley County	1,929	3.07 sq mi (7.94 km2)	629.16/sq mi (242.93/km2)
Boykin	Kershaw County	100	7.07 sq mi (18.31 km2)	14.15/sq mi (5.46/km2)
Bradley	Greenwood County	170	7.86 sq mi (20.36 km2)	21.63/sq mi (8.35/km2)
Brookdale	Orangeburg County	4,873	3.64 sq mi (9.43 km2)	1,338.74/sq mi (516.91/km2)
Bucksport	Horry County	876	4.22 sq mi (10.94 km2)	207.39/sq mi (80.08/km2)
Buffalo	Union County	1,266	4.03 sq mi (10.42 km2)	314.53/sq mi (121.45/km2)
Burton	Beaufort County	6,976	8.56 sq mi (22.16 km2)	815.33/sq mi (314.81/km2)
Cane Savannah	Sumter County	1,117	3.69 sq mi (9.55 km2)	302.87/sq mi (116.94/km2)
Catawba	York County	1,343	10.35 sq mi (26.81 km2)	129.72/sq mi (50.09/km2)
Centerville	Anderson County	6,586	5.94 sq mi (15.37 km2)	1,109.5/sq mi (428.4/km2)
Cherryvale	Sumter County	2,496	1.84 sq mi (4.77 km2)	1,356.52/sq mi (523.77/km2)
City View	Greenville County	1,345	0.52 sq mi (1.36 km2)	2,566.79/sq mi (991.08/km2)
Clarks Hill	McCormick County	381	3.2 sq mi (8.28 km2)	119.21/sq mi (46.03/km2)
Clearwater	Aiken County	4,370	4.31 sq mi (11.17 km2)	1,013.69/sq mi (391.4/km2)
Clifton	Spartanburg County	541	1.14 sq mi (2.95 km2)	475.4/sq mi (183.56/km2)
Cokesbury	Greenwood County	215	0.59 sq mi (1.54 km2)	362.56/sq mi (139.99/km2)
Converse	Spartanburg County	608	0.7 sq mi (1.82 km2)	867.33/sq mi (334.89/km2)
Coronaca	Greenwood County	191	1.7 sq mi (4.39 km2)	112.62/sq mi (43.48/km2)
Cross Anchor	Spartanburg County	126	0.78 sq mi (2.01 km2)	161.95/sq mi (62.53/km2)
Dalzell	Sumter County	3,059	5.93 sq mi (15.37 km2)	515.5/sq mi (199.04/km2)
Dentsville	Richland County	14,062	6.9 sq mi (17.87 km2)	2,037.97/sq mi (786.89/km2)
Dunean	Greenville County	3,671	1.58 sq mi (4.09 km2)	2,326.36/sq mi (898.24/km2)
East Gaffney	Cherokee County	3,085	3.06 sq mi (7.93 km2)	1,007.18/sq mi (388.89/km2)
East Sumter	Sumter County	1,343	1.21 sq mi (3.14 km2)	1,106.26/sq mi (427.14/km2)
Edisto	Orangeburg County	2,559	2.35 sq mi (6.09 km2)	1,088.94/sq mi (420.45/km2)
Elgin	Lancaster County	2,607	1.06 sq mi (2.75 km2)	2,459.43/sq mi (949.63/km2)
Enoree	Spartanburg County	665	1.58 sq mi (4.1 km2)	419.82/sq mi (162.1/km2)
Eureka Mill	Chester County	1,476	1.29 sq mi (3.34 km2)	1,143.3/sq mi (441.45/km2)
Fair Play	Oconee County Anderson County	687	3.31 sq mi (8.58 km2)	207.36/sq mi (80.07/km2)
Fairforest	Spartanburg County	1,693	6.76 sq mi (17.51 km2)	250.44/sq mi (96.7/km2)
Fingerville	Spartanburg County	134	0.24 sq mi (0.63 km2)	549.18/sq mi (212.05/km2)
Five Forks	Greenville County	14,140	7.61 sq mi (19.72 km2)	1,857.35/sq mi (717.15/km2)
Forestbrook	Horry County	4,612	3.74 sq mi (9.68 km2)	1,234.15/sq mi (476.52/km2)
Gadsden	Richland County	1,632	11.51 sq mi (29.8 km2)	141.83/sq mi (54.76/km2)
Gantt	Greenville County	14,229	9.93 sq mi (25.72 km2)	1,433.07/sq mi (553.33/km2)
Garden City	Horry County	9,209	5.45 sq mi (14.11 km2)	1,690.35/sq mi (652.67/km2)
Gayle Mill	Chester County	913	0.65 sq mi (1.69 km2)	1,396.02/sq mi (539.03/km2)
Glendale	Spartanburg County	307	0.21 sq mi (0.55 km2)	1,448.11/sq mi (559.14/km2)
Gloverville	Aiken County	2,831	3.64 sq mi (9.42 km2)	778.39/sq mi (300.55/km2)
Golden Grove	Greenville County	2,467	5.8 sq mi (15.01 km2)	425.64/sq mi (164.35/km2)
Gramling	Spartanburg County	86	1.01 sq mi (2.62 km2)	84.9/sq mi (32.78/km2)
Graniteville	Aiken County	2,614	3.33 sq mi (8.61 km2)	786.17/sq mi (303.55/km2)
Homeland Park	Anderson County	6,296	4.73 sq mi (12.24 km2)	1,332.49/sq mi (514.49/km2)
Hopkins	Richland County	2,882	16.53 sq mi (42.81 km2)	174.35/sq mi (67.32/km2)
India Hook	York County	3,328	3.54 sq mi (9.17 km2)	940.38/sq mi (363.09/km2)
Inman Mills	Spartanburg County	1,050	1.14 sq mi (2.95 km2)	921.86/sq mi (355.94/km2)
Irwin	Lancaster County	1,405	2.99 sq mi (7.74 km2)	470.06/sq mi (181.5/km2)
Islandton	Colleton County	70	2.77 sq mi (7.17 km2)	25.28/sq mi (9.76/km2)
Jacksonboro	Colleton County	478	14.47 sq mi (37.46 km2)	33.05/sq mi (12.76/km2)
Joanna	Laurens County	1,539	3.14 sq mi (8.14 km2)	489.66/sq mi (189.07/km2)
Judson	Greenville County	2,050	0.79 sq mi (2.05 km2)	2,588.38/sq mi (999.41/km2)
Ladson	Berkeley County Charleston County	13,790	7.02 sq mi (18.19 km2)	1,963.55/sq mi (758.16/km2)
Lake Murray of Richland	Richland County	5,484	8.7 sq mi (22.53 km2)	630.49/sq mi (243.44/km2)
Lake Secession	Abbeville County	1,083	7.22 sq mi (18.69 km2)	150.1/sq mi (57.96/km2)
Lake Wylie	York County	8,841	7.73 sq mi (20.03 km2)	1,143.43/sq mi (441.5/km2)
Lakewood	Sumter County	3,032	10.59 sq mi (27.42 km2)	286.39/sq mi (110.58/km2)
Langley	Aiken County	1,447	1.15 sq mi (2.99 km2)	1,254.99/sq mi (484.57/km2)
Laurel Bay	Beaufort County	5,891	5.39 sq mi (13.96 km2)	1,093.15/sq mi (422.08/km2)
Lesslie	York County	3,112	6.13 sq mi (15.88 km2)	507.58/sq mi (195.99/km2)
Little River	Horry County	8,960	10.83 sq mi (28.04 km2)	827.64/sq mi (319.56/km2)
Lugoff	Kershaw County	7,434	15.29 sq mi (39.59 km2)	486.36/sq mi (187.79/km2)
Lydia	Darlington County	642	2.64 sq mi (6.85 km2)	242.91/sq mi (93.79/km2)
Mayo	Spartanburg County	1,592	4.05 sq mi (10.49 km2)	392.89/sq mi (151.7/km2)
Modoc	McCormick County	218	7.17 sq mi (18.57 km2)	30.4/sq mi (11.74/km2)
Monarch Mill	Union County	1,811	5.61 sq mi (14.54 km2)	322.64/sq mi (124.58/km2)
Mount Carmel	McCormick County	216	9.19 sq mi (23.8 km2)	23.51/sq mi (9.08/km2)
Mountville	Laurens County	108	2.86 sq mi (7.41 km2)	37.76/sq mi (14.58/km2)
Mulberry	Sumter County	529	1.98 sq mi (5.13 km2)	267.04/sq mi (103.11/km2)
Murphys Estates	Edgefield County	1,441	2.09 sq mi (5.4 km2)	690.8/sq mi (266.73/km2)
Murrells Inlet	Georgetown County	7,547	7.53 sq mi (19.49 km2)	1,002.66/sq mi (387.14/km2)
Newport	York County	4,136	8.77 sq mi (22.72 km2)	471.5/sq mi (182.05/km2)
Newry	Oconee County	172	0.3 sq mi (0.76 km2)	583.05/sq mi (225.12/km2)
North Hartsville	Darlington County	3,251	76.65 sq mi (198.51 km2)	42.41/sq mi (16.38/km2)
Northlake	Anderson County	3,745	17.69 sq mi (45.82 km2)	211.67/sq mi (81.73/km2)
Oak Grove	Lexington County	10,291	6.69 sq mi (17.32 km2)	1,538.96/sq mi (594.21/km2)
Oakland	Sumter County	1,232	0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2)	1,795.92/sq mi (693.43/km2)
Oswego	Sumter County	84	1.21 sq mi (3.12 km2)	69.71/sq mi (26.92/km2)
Parker	Greenville County	11,431	6.87 sq mi (17.79 km2)	1,664.39/sq mi (642.64/km2)
Piedmont	Anderson County Greenville County	5,103	8.77 sq mi (22.7 km2)	582.2/sq mi (224.8/km2)
Pinopolis	Berkeley County	948	1.43 sq mi (3.71 km2)	662.01/sq mi (255.61/km2)
Powdersville	Anderson County	7,618	14 sq mi (36.26 km2)	544.07/sq mi (210.07/km2)
Princeton	Laurens County	62	0.75 sq mi (1.94 km2)	82.78/sq mi (31.96/km2)
Privateer	Sumter County	2,349	8.23 sq mi (21.3 km2)	285.59/sq mi (110.27/km2)
Promised Land	Greenwood County	511	1.56 sq mi (4.04 km2)	327.77/sq mi (126.56/km2)
Red Bank	Lexington County	9,617	12.04 sq mi (31.17 km2)	799.02/sq mi (308.51/km2)
Red Hill	Horry County	13,223	11.35 sq mi (29.39 km2)	1,165.12/sq mi (449.87/km2)
Rembert	Sumter County	306	3.84 sq mi (9.93 km2)	79.77/sq mi (30.8/km2)
Riverview	York County	681	1.52 sq mi (3.95 km2)	446.85/sq mi (172.54/km2)
Roebuck	Spartanburg County	2,200	4.31 sq mi (11.16 km2)	510.44/sq mi (197.09/km2)
Russellville	Berkeley County	488	3.75 sq mi (9.72 km2)	130.03/sq mi (50.21/km2)
St. Andrews	Richland County	20,493	19.89 sq mi (51.5 km2)	1,030.52/sq mi (397.9/km2)
Sangaree	Berkeley County	8,220	2.39 sq mi (6.18 km2)	3,442.21/sq mi (1329.09/km2)
Sans Souci	Greenville County	7,869	0.83 sq mi (2.15 km2)	9,492.16/sq mi (3665.07/km2)
Saxon	Spartanburg County	3,424	3.29 sq mi (8.52 km2)	1,040.41/sq mi (401.72/km2)
Seven Oaks	Lexington County	15,144	0.84 sq mi (2.19 km2)	17,943.13/sq mi (6928.12/km2)
Shell Point	Beaufort County	2,336	0.69 sq mi (1.79 km2)	3,370.85/sq mi (1301.54/km2)
Shiloh	Sumter County	214	7.61 sq mi (19.7 km2)	28.14/sq mi (10.86/km2)
Slater-Marietta	Greenville County	2,176	9.75 sq mi (25.26 km2)	223.09/sq mi (86.14/km2)
Socastee	Horry County	19,952	4.31 sq mi (11.17 km2)	4,624.94/sq mi (1785.76/km2)
South Sumter	Sumter County	2,411	4.09 sq mi (10.58 km2)	590.21/sq mi (227.89/km2)
Southern Shops	Spartanburg County	3,767	13.87 sq mi (35.92 km2)	271.61/sq mi (104.87/km2)
Springdale	Lancaster County	2,574	3.33 sq mi (8.62 km2)	772.97/sq mi (298.46/km2)
Startex	Spartanburg County	859	1.56 sq mi (4.03 km2)	552.41/sq mi (213.29/km2)
Stateburg	Sumter County	1,380	4.68 sq mi (12.12 km2)	294.87/sq mi (113.85/km2)
Taylors	Greenville County	21,617	10.74 sq mi (27.82 km2)	2,012.57/sq mi (777.08/km2)
Tigerville	Greenville County	1,312	1.35 sq mi (3.49 km2)	974.74/sq mi (376.36/km2)
Utica	Oconee County	1,489	1.36 sq mi (3.52 km2)	1,095.66/sq mi (423.05/km2)
Valley Falls	Spartanburg County	6,299	5.22 sq mi (13.51 km2)	1,207.63/sq mi (466.28/km2)
Wade Hampton	Greenville County	20,622	9.01 sq mi (23.33 km2)	2,289.04/sq mi (883.84/km2)
Wallace	Marlboro County	892	6.69 sq mi (17.33 km2)	133.29/sq mi (51.47/km2)
Ware Place	Greenville County	228	0.92 sq mi (2.38 km2)	248.37/sq mi (95.9/km2)
Warrenville	Aiken County	1,233	1.09 sq mi (2.83 km2)	1,128.09/sq mi (435.57/km2)
Watts Mills	Laurens County	1,635	2.27 sq mi (5.87 km2)	720.9/sq mi (278.35/km2)
Wedgewood	Sumter County	1,615	8.59 sq mi (22.26 km2)	187.94/sq mi (72.57/km2)
Welcome	Greenville County	6,668	4.69 sq mi (12.13 km2)	1,423.27/sq mi (549.54/km2)
Wilkinson Heights	Orangeburg County	2,493	3 sq mi (7.76 km2)	832.39/sq mi (321.4/km2)
Willington	McCormick County	142	6 sq mi (15.53 km2)	23.68/sq mi (9.14/km2)
Winnsboro Mills	Fairfield County	1,898	3.23 sq mi (8.36 km2)	587.98/sq mi (227.03/km2)
Woodfield	Richland County	9,303	2.78 sq mi (7.2 km2)	3,345.2/sq mi (1291.63/km2)

Unincorporated communities

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Place Name	County(ies)
Adams Run	Charleston County
Alvin	Berkeley County
Ballentine	Richland County
Bath	Aiken County
Beech Island	Aiken County
Bethera	Berkeley County
Blackstock	Chester County Fairfield County
Blair	Fairfield County
Bowling Green	York County
Cades	Williamsburg County
Canadys	Colleton County
Cassatt	Kershaw County
Cateechee	Pickens County
Centenary	Marion County
Chappells	Newberry County
Cherokee Falls	Cherokee County
Cleveland	Greenville County
Conestee	Greenville County
Cordesville	Berkeley County
Cross	Berkeley County
Daufuskie Island	Beaufort County
Davis Station	Clarendon County
Dorchester	Charleston County
Drayton	Charleston County
Early Branch	Hampton County
Edgemoor	Chester County
Edisto Island	Charleston County
Effingham	Florence County
Elliott	Lee County
Floydale	Dillon County
Fork	Dillon County
Fort Motte	Calhoun County
Gable	Clarendon County
Garnett	Hampton County
Green Pond	Colleton County
Green Sea	Horry County
Gresham	Marion County
Grover	Dorchester County
Hamer	Dillon County
Horatio	Sumter County
Huger	Berkeley County
Jalapa	Newberry County
James Island	Charleston County
Johns Island	Charleston County
Kinards	Newberry County Laurens County
Kings Creek	Cherokee County
La France	Anderson County
Lancaster Mill	Lancaster County
Lando	Chester County
Liberty Hill	Kershaw County
Little Rock	Dillon County
Lobeco	Beaufort County
Lone Star	Calhoun County
Long Creek	Oconee County
Longs	Horry County
Marietta	Greenville County
Martin	Allendale County
Miley	Hampton County
Millwood	Sumter County
Minturn	Dillon County
Montmorenci	Aiken County
Moore	Spartanburg County
Mount Holly	Berkeley County
Mountain Rest	Oconee County
Nesmith	Williamsburg County
New Zion	Clarendon County
Pacolet Mills	Spartanburg County
Parris Island	Beaufort County
Pauline	Spartanburg County
Pee Dee	Marion County
Pineland	Charleston County
Pineville	Berkeley County
Poston	Florence County
Rains	Marion County
Richland	Oconee County
Rimini	Clarendon County
Rion	Fairfield County
Round O	Colleton County
Ruffin	Colleton County
Saint Helena Island	Beaufort County
Salters	Williamsburg County
Sandy Springs	Anderson County
Sardinia	Clarendon County
Seabrook	Beaufort County
Sheldon	Beaufort County
Shulerville	Berkeley County
Slater	Greenville County
State Park	Richland County
Sunset	Pickens County
Tamassee	Oconee County
Tillman	Jasper County
Townville	Anderson County
Trio	Williamsburg County
Una	Darlington County Lee County
Van Wyck	Lancaster County
Vaucluse	Aiken County
Wadmalaw Island	Charleston County
Wando	Berkeley County
Wedgefield	Sumter County
Westville	Kershaw County
White Oak	Fairfield County
White Rock	Richland County
White Stone	Spartanburg County
Wisacky	Lee County
Yonges Island	Charleston County

Largest Cities

The Most Populous Cities in South Carolina

Rank	City	2013 Estimate	2010 Census	Change	Area
					sq mi	km2
1	Columbia	133,358	129,272	7000316077727582150♠+3.16%	134.9	349
2	Charleston	127,999	120,083	7000659210712590460♠+6.59%	127.5	330
3	North Charleston	104,054	97,471	7000675380369545810♠+6.75%	76.6	198
4	Mount Pleasant	74,885	67,843	7001103798475892870♠+10.38%	49.5	128
5	Rock Hill	69,103	66,154	7000445778033074340♠+4.46%	43.16	112
6	Greenville	61,397	58,409	7000511564998544739♠+5.12%	26.1	68

See also

• South Carolina census statistical areas

Notes

• ^A For municipalities located in more than one county, the primary county (according to U.S. Census) is listed first.