Hartsville, SC Road Trips
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Trip Routes
1
Longest Drive
11.4 mi
Suggs Crossroads, SC
Quickest Drive
21m
Suggs Crossroads, SC
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Hartsville, SC by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
7,422
Median Income
$47,720
Median Home Value
$188,800
Median Age
34.3
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Hartsville, SC at a Glance
Founded
1760
Elevation
217 ft
Area
6 mi²
Notable People from Hartsville, SC
A sampling of people born in Hartsville, SC.
Shannon Johnson
1974
basketball player
Chad Dawson
1982
American professional boxer
Jeryl Prescott
1964
American actress
Leeza Gibbons
1957
American talk show host
Roderick Blakney
1976
American basketball player
Albert Haynesworth
1981
American football player, defensive lineman
Jordan Lyles
1990
American baseball player
Landmarks & Historic Sites
Attractions and heritage-registered places located in Hartsville, SC.
East Home Avenue Historic District
historic district in South Carolina, United States
Hartsville Armory
armory in Hartsville, United States of America
Hartsville Community Center-Hartsville Community Market
historic community center in Hartsville, South Carolina
Hartsville Passenger Station
historic train station located at Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina
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Traveler Guide to Hartsville, SC
Hartsville is in the Pee Dee Country of South Carolina, comprising the largest town of Darlington County. It holds honoree status as an All-America City and Arbor Day Foundation Tree City. Its early days were full of some headstrong entrepreneurs, which lent the town a fair share of industry, and today it's the headquarters of Sonoco and Coker University, which has a nice botanical garden.
1 Hartsville Museum, 222 N 5th St, ☏ +1 843 383-3005. M-Sa 10AM-4PM. Small local museum with textiles and things. Free. (updated Dec 2021)
1 Kalmia Gardens, 1624 W Carolina Ave, ☏ +1 843 383-8145. Dawn to Dusk. This botanical garden with camelias, azeleas, wisteria, and a mountain laurel called Kalmia latifolia, encompasses a pond and bluffs and the Thomas Hart house, the home of the town's founder, as the centerpiece. Free. (updated Dec 2021) 2 Lawton Park, 716 Prestwood Dr, ☏ +1 843 917-0583. Daily 7AM-9PM. You can enjoy some languid scenes of Prestwood Lake from this city park and admire some Works Progress Administration work with a Colonial Revival building on site. Free. (updated Dec 2021) 3 Center Theater, 212 N 5th St, ☏ +1 843 332-5721. A retro theater builty by the WPA where, among other things, you can attend the annual Renofest, which is a bluegrass festival dedicated to Don Reno. (updated Dec 2021)
1 The Landmark Inn, 1301 S 4th St, ☏ +1 843 332-2611. They try, with a continental breakfast and a pool. (updated Dec 2021)
Hartsville is about 14 miles north of I-20 and 20 miles northwest of I-95.
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