Blackville is a town in Barnwell County, South Carolina. It has a total area of 9.3 square miles. 0.1 square mile of the area is water, and the rest is land.

Manufacturing, educational services and transportation are the major contributors to the local economy. Macedonia Elementary School, Blackville-Hilda Junior High School and Blackville-Hilda High School� are the local public schools. Some private schools are also present. The closest hospital is the Barnwell County Hospital, located about 9 miles away in Barnwell. The cost of living here is 18.60% lower than the country average.

This place gets about 46 inches of rain annually. The number of days with measurable precipitation is 108. Snowfall is about an inch annually.

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