THE PENDLETON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Outer Piedmont setting.
Pendleton town has 4.91 square miles of land in Anderson County, Pickens County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Outer Piedmont, within Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Pendleton intersects 2 county geographies: Anderson County, Pickens County. A Pendleton mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Pendleton by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Pendleton, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 5.6 percentage points lower than the 6.1% recorded for South Carolina. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pendleton town has 3.8 times the land area of nearby La France CDP (1.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

