Blackville, South Carolina

About Blackville

Set in the southern part of South Carolina, Blackville is a small town, home to 1,906 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Blackville holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 8.93 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 213 residents per square mile.

📰 Blackville News Today

• Blackville-Hilda High School (SC) Girls Basketball MaxPreps · Oct 5
• Jefferson Davis Academy Raiders Girls Volleyball (Blackville, SC) Schedule Sports Illustrated · Oct 8
• Suspect arrested, charged with murder in Blackville shooting WRDW · Sep 11
• Aiken County deputies investigate buried human remains near a Blackville road in Barnwell County WLTX · May 13
• Obituary for James Harley, Jr. B.F Cave Funeral Home · Jul 14

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest South Carolina headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Blackville Unique

• The only place in America named Blackville — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southern South Carolina, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of South Carolina — one of 475 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Blackville

• Russell's Pizza — pizza
• China Kitchen — chinese
• Duke's Bar-B-Q
• Low Country Crab House — seafood
• Miller's Bread Basket
• Sewes Unlimited
• Yellow House Coffee — coffee shop (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Blackville Heritage Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Blackville

• Barnwell State Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Blackville

• Barnwell County Career Center
• Blackville-Hilda High
• Macedonia Elementary-Middle

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Blackville

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