Saint George, South Carolina
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29477. The Survey maps it on the Saint George quadrangle. 1,843 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 105 feet above sea level.
On record in Saint George
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
St. George Rosenwald Schoollisted 2018 · 0.4 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records
- Indian Field Methodist Campground, Chapel, SC Route 73, near US Route 15, Saint Georgefederal building survey, 5 photographs
- Indian Fields Methodist Campground, SC Route 73, .7 mile from SC Route 15, Saint Georgefederal building survey, 40 photographs
Population over time
3 figuresSaint George fell from 2,092 to 1,843 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,092 | |
| 2010 | 2,084 | -8 (-0%) |
| 2020 | 1,843 | -241 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1920 USGS St. George quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS St George quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1921 USGS St. George quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Orangeburg quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS St. George quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS St. George quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Saint George quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
404 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 404 fires within 5 miles of Saint George between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,460 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 67 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 159 |
| Debris and open burning | 147 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.1 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 175 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Saint George: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Cooper Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hudsontown | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Badham | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Old Saint George | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Zion | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Cow Tail (historical) | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Byrd | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Texas | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Reevesville | 4.1 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Saint George | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2212067 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250508. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.












