Hayne
Ghost town · Newberry County, South Carolina

Hayne is a ghost town in Newberry County, South Carolina. It is one of 12 former communities in Newberry County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 43 South Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hayne as a historical populated place on the Pomaria topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 34.3129° N, 81.4301° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Pomaria |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 445 ft |
| Nearest living town | Pomaria, SC |
| Distance to it | 3.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1228425 |
| Coordinates | 34.31292, -81.43010 |
What's there now
Hayne is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Pomaria, SC (population 103), about 3.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 445 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Sondleysghost town · Newberry County · 3.1 mi
- Waltonghost town · Newberry County · 3.2 mi
- Cravenhillghost town · Newberry County · 3.5 mi
- Reubenghost town · Newberry County · 3.8 mi
- Suevilleghost town · Fairfield County · 4.1 mi
- Gilliam Springghost town · Newberry County · 7.4 mi
- Mount Bethelghost town · Newberry County · 7.8 mi
- Alstonghost town · Fairfield County · 8.1 mi
- Lattakooghost town · Newberry County · 8.4 mi
- Lylesfordghost town · Fairfield County · 9.7 mi
- Boland Crossroadsghost town · Newberry County · 10.8 mi
- Lowmans Crossroadsghost town · Newberry County · 14.3 mi
Questions
Where is Hayne?
Hayne is in Newberry County, South Carolina, at 34.3129, -81.4301.
How many ghost towns are in Newberry County?
Newberry County, South Carolina has 12 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.