Modoc, South Carolina

Modoc, South Carolina
CDP
Location in McCormick County and the state of South Carolina.
Coordinates: 33°43′N 82°13′W / 33.717°N 82.217°W / 33.717; -82.217
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
County	McCormick
Area [1]
• Total	7.17 sq mi (18.57 km2)
• Land	3.98 sq mi (10.32 km2)
• Water	3.19 sq mi (8.26 km2)
Elevation	400 ft (122 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	312
• Density	78.31/sq mi (30.24/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	29838
Area codes	864, 821
FIPS code	45-47050[3]
GNIS feature ID	1246704[4]

Modoc is a census-designated place (CDP) in McCormick County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 256 at the 2000 census, and 218 at the 2010 census, a decline of 14.8%.

The Modoc CDP was named for the Modoc indigenous tribe of Northern California,^[5] some members of which had been captured after the Modoc War. They were sent, first to the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and then, a few, on to an area on the left (east) bank^{[citation needed]} of the Savannah River in what was then Edgefield County, South Carolina. The 1930 Census of the township of Modoc, by then in McCormick County, had no listings of any "Indians".