South Carolina · Census place 4506400

Blacksburg, South Carolina

Blacksburg is a town in Cherokee County, South Carolina with an estimated 1,954 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 117th largest of 152 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,954
#117 of 152 in South Carolina
Change since 2020
+3.5%
+66 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
1,045 / sq mi
State median 1,356
Orange pin: Blacksburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbia.

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Blacksburg population, 2020 to 2024

Blacksburg added 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +35.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,886. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Blacksburg covers 1.87 square miles of land, for 1,045 people per square mile of land. The median South Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,356, so Blacksburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Blacksburg is in

All of Blacksburg's residents live in Cherokee County, which had 57,770 residents in 2024. Blacksburg holds 3.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Blacksburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Blacksburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 29702. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Blacksburg is

The Census internal point of Blacksburg is at 35.122100, -81.518100. Columbia, the capital, is 82.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gaffney, SC (12,546 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 39.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.122100, -81.518100
DMS
35°07'19.56"N 81°31'5.16"W
UTM
17N 452792.6E 3886706.4N
Geohash
dnnpc1b34
Plus code
867W4FCJ+RQ

Daylight in Blacksburg

At 35.12° N, Blacksburg gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Blacksburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Gaffney, 8.8 miles away, with 12,546 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Blacksburg, SC?

1,954 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 66 (3.5%) from 1,888 in July 2020.

What county is Blacksburg in?

Cherokee County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Blacksburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 29702.

How far is Blacksburg from Columbia?

82.2 miles (132.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Blacksburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Blacksburg?

Gaffney, SC, with 12,546 residents, 8.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.