Society Hill is a town in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States alongside the Pee Dee River.

It is the oldest community in Darlington County and one of the first towns founded in South Carolina.

However, the town's fortunes declined in the 19th century after rivers became less important as means of transportation.

Welsh settlers came to the Society Hill area from Pennsylvania and Delaware in 1736.

[7] The town was a center of intellectual life in the Pee Dee region in the 18th and early 19th century.

[9] Society Hill began to decline as rivers became less important as means of transportation.

[10] In 2017, Preservation South Carolina, a nonprofit organization, began a plan to sell eight historic buildings to preservation-minded purchasers within Society Hill.

[5] Society Hill is located in northern Darlington County at 34°30′50″N 79°51′4″W / 34.51389°N 79.85111°W / 34.51389; -79.85111 (34.513827, -79.851005),[11] on high ground rising to the west of the Pee Dee River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2), all land.

The town was the birthplace of Gashouse Gang member Pat Crawford and the Oklahoma jurist Henry Marshall Furman.