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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 DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Fairmont (NC)   NE44 mi [70.8 km]2,7304.84% increase
 Hamlet (NC)   N49 mi [78.9 km]5,8073.51% decrease
 Bennettsville   N31 mi [49.89 km]9,0124.38% decrease
 Bishopville   W26 mi [41.84 km]3,8595.15% increase
 Camden   W47 mi [75.6 km]7,0335.25% increase
 Cheraw   N36 mi [57.9 km]5,4271.76% decrease
 Conway   SE48 mi [77.2 km]15,89434.83% increase
 Darlington   NW9 mi [14.48 km]6,6660.8% decrease
 Dillon   NE29 mi [46.67 km]6,3530.59% increase
 Hartsville   NW21 mi [33.8 km]7,4651.2% decrease
 Kingstree   S35 mi [56.3 km]3,2487.09% decrease
 Lake City   S21 mi [33.8 km]6,6662.9% increase
 Manning   SW41 mi [66 km]3,9432.04% decrease
 Marion   E22 mi [35.41 km]6,8013.42% decrease
 Mullins   E30 mi [48.28 km]4,7166.22% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Coward   S14 mi [22.53 km]6764% increase
 Lamar   W16 mi [25.75 km]9912.36% decrease
 Latta   NE22 mi [35.41 km]1,4784.82% increase
 Lynchburg   SW18 mi [28.97 km]5535.95% decrease
 Olanta   SW18 mi [28.97 km]6272.28% increase
 Pamplico   SE17 mi [27.36 km]1,1541.32% increase
 Park City   SE3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Pine Village   NW9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Quinby   NE4 mi [6.44 km]8672.97% increase
 Scranton   S18 mi [28.97 km]1,0329.55% increase
 Sellers   NE19 mi [30.58 km]2615.78% decrease
 Shiloh   SW21 mi [33.8 km]---
 Siesta Village   ELess than 2 mi---
 Tara Village   SE3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Timmonsville   W9 mi [14.48 km]2,3732.51% 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:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Florence
 Robeson County (NC)   NEEcho (NC)36 miles [57 km]
 Scotland County (NC)   NEHasty (NC)39 miles [62 km]
 Chesterfield County   NWLeland28 miles [45 km]
 Clarendon County   SCentral Crossroads21 miles [33 km]
 Darlington County   NCrestview5 miles [8 km]
 Dillon County   ECarter Landing13 miles [20 km]
 Georgetown County   SEBradley and Britton Ferry38 miles [61 km]
 Horry County   SEDog Bluff Landing29 miles [46 km]
 Kershaw County   NWTillers Ferry31 miles [49 km]
 Lee County   SWDurants Ferry15 miles [24 km]



Search for Local Businesses

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.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Off-the-Road Links

The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Florence:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Florence? Please visit the Map Page for Florence.


Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Florence.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Florence and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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