Welcome to Hartsville ...

The city of Hartsville is located in Darlington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hartsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1838.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Hartsville has a population of 7,514 people<2> (see below for details).

Hartsville is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Hartsville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Hartsville: (843)

The ZIP code for Hartsville: 29550<4>

Websites for Hartsville ...

Official Website: www.hartsvillesc.com/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Hartsville had an population of 7,514 people. This is a decrease of 3.22% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 0.56% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Hartsville had a population of 7,764 people (which is 11.3% of the total population of Darlington County). This makes Hartsville the county's most populous community.

The population of Hartsville represents 0.17% of the population of South Carolina (which has 4,625,364 people), making it the state's 47th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 7,764 people, the population of Hartsville increased 2.75% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 7,556 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Hartsville.

Communities Also Named Hartsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Hartsville - they are located in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts (2), New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hartsville.

Communities near Hartsville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hartsville.

• Darlington
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
  • Darlington is located in Darlington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,901 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Darlington <5>
• Bishopville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
  • Bishopville is located in Lee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,948 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bishopville <5>
• Timmonsville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timmonsville
  • Timmonsville is located in Florence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,345 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Timmonsville <5>
• Lamar
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
  • Lamar is located in Darlington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamar <5>
• McBee
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBee
  • McBee is located in Chesterfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McBee <5>
• Society Hill
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
  • Society Hill is located in Darlington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Society Hill <5>
• Bethune
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethune
  • Bethune is located in Kershaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bethune <5>
• Patrick
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
  • Patrick is located in Chesterfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patrick <5>
• Pine Ridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Pine Ridge is located in Darlington County
• Lydia
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
  • Lydia is located in Darlington County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lydia <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hartsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hartsville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hartsville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hartsville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hartsville. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Hartsville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hartsville ...

Looking for more information about Hartsville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Hartsville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Hartsville.

Adding Hartsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hartsville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hartsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Hartsville post office opened in 1838.

We also found Hartsville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hartsville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Hartsville: www.hartsvillesc.com/

The official website for Darlington County: www.darcosc.com/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/