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Watts Mills, South Carolina
CDP
About Watts Mills
Watts Mills is a small unincorporated community in northwestern South Carolina.
Watts Mills holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.27 square miles.
📰 Watts Mills News Today
- This is the ugliest place in SC, national travel website says. Do you agree? The State · Aug 30
- Watts Mills Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 26
- Mountville, South Carolina Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 16
- Air quality in South Carolina IQAir · Jun 28
- Laurens, South Carolina Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 18
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Watts Mills Unique
- The only place in America named Watts Mills — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in northwestern South Carolina, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
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 10 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Watts Mills
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Watts Mills
- Pizza Hut — pizza
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Waffle House — american
- Clock — regional
- Gerard’s Italian Pizza & Subs — pizza
- Guatemex — mexican
- Irene's of Laurens — pizza
- Los Portreros — mexican
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateSouth Carolina
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area2.27 sq mi
Coordinates34.5162, -81.9855