{"id":7428,"date":"2023-08-31T21:53:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T21:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7428"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:07:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:07:44","slug":"oconee-county-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/oconee-county-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Oconee County, South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oconee County is a county in South Carolina, United States, in the state’s northwest corner
\nwhere South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina meet. It had a population of 78,607 at the 2020
\ncensus, an estimated 83,775 by 2025, and covers 673.57 square miles (1,744.5 km2) centred near
\n34\u00b045\u2032N 83\u00b004\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Walhalla is the county seat; its postal code is 29691. Seneca is the county’s largest city. The
\ncounty holds 3 cities, 2 incorporated towns and 8 census-designated places, and it runs on
\nEastern Time. Its FIPS code is 45073. South Carolina has no civil township government, so places
\nhere are not grouped by township.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Oconee County<\/h2>\n

Oconee County has 13 named places on record: 5 incorporated cities and towns and 8
\ncensus-designated places (CDPs) with no local government of their own. This replaces an earlier
\nlist of roughly 150 entries that mixed real places with private lake-community subdivisions and
\nneighborhood names — Bent Tree, Keowee Shores and Chickasaw Point’s own internal streets
\namong them — that the Census Bureau does not recognize as places.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Seneca<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n8,850<\/td>\n29672<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walhalla<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n4,072<\/td>\n29691<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Westminster<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n2,353<\/td>\n29693<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Union<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n374<\/td>\n29696<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salem<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n120<\/td>\n29676<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keowee Key<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,716<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Utica<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n1,347<\/td>\n29678<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chickasaw Point<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n718<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fair Play<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n704<\/td>\n29643<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Union<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n341<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newry<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n199<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Longcreek<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tamassee<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Fair Play’s CDP boundary crosses into neighboring Anderson County; its 704 residents are
\ncounted for the whole CDP, not just the Oconee County portion. Utica shares Seneca’s 29678 ZIP
\nrather than having a separate post office of its own.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n