Florence, South Carolina

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Sumter. It is located about 38 miles [61 km] to the southwest of Florence and has a population of 39,643 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Laurinburg (NC). It is located about 43 miles [69 km] to the northeast of Florence and has a population of 15,874 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Fairmont (NC)	NE	44 mi [70.8 km]	2,730	4.84% increase
	Hamlet (NC)	N	49 mi [78.9 km]	5,807	3.51% decrease
	Bennettsville	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	9,012	4.38% decrease
	Bishopville	W	26 mi [41.84 km]	3,859	5.15% increase
	Camden	W	47 mi [75.6 km]	7,033	5.25% increase
	Cheraw	N	36 mi [57.9 km]	5,427	1.76% decrease
	Conway	SE	48 mi [77.2 km]	15,894	34.83% increase
	Darlington	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	6,666	0.8% decrease
	Dillon	NE	29 mi [46.67 km]	6,353	0.59% increase
	Hartsville	NW	21 mi [33.8 km]	7,465	1.2% decrease
	Kingstree	S	35 mi [56.3 km]	3,248	7.09% decrease
	Lake City	S	21 mi [33.8 km]	6,666	2.9% increase
	Manning	SW	41 mi [66 km]	3,943	2.04% decrease
	Marion	E	22 mi [35.41 km]	6,801	3.42% decrease
	Mullins	E	30 mi [48.28 km]	4,716	6.22% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Coward	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	676	4% increase
	Lamar	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	991	2.36% decrease
	Latta	NE	22 mi [35.41 km]	1,478	4.82% increase
	Lynchburg	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	553	5.95% decrease
	Olanta	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	627	2.28% increase
	Pamplico	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	1,154	1.32% increase
	Park City	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Pine Village	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Quinby	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	867	2.97% increase
	Scranton	S	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,032	9.55% increase
	Sellers	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	261	5.78% decrease
	Shiloh	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	---
	Siesta Village	E	Less than 2 mi	---
	Tara Village	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Timmonsville	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	2,373	2.51% increase

Florence County

Florence is located in Florence County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Florence: Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Lee, Marion, Marlboro and Williamsburg.

While not sharing a border with Florence, the following counties are close to Florence: Sumter, Chesterfield and Horry.

Below are counties that are near Florence (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Florence:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Florence
	Robeson County (NC)	NE	Echo (NC)	36 miles [57 km]
	Scotland County (NC)	NE	Hasty (NC)	39 miles [62 km]
	Chesterfield County	NW	Leland	28 miles [45 km]
	Clarendon County	S	Central Crossroads	21 miles [33 km]
	Darlington County	N	Crestview	5 miles [8 km]
	Dillon County	E	Carter Landing	13 miles [20 km]
	Georgetown County	SE	Bradley and Britton Ferry	38 miles [61 km]
	Horry County	SE	Dog Bluff Landing	29 miles [46 km]
	Kershaw County	NW	Tillers Ferry	31 miles [49 km]
	Lee County	SW	Durants Ferry	15 miles [24 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for South Carolina<3>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Florence. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

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