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title: "Rawlinson Acres"
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date: 2026-05-13T13:26:59-04:00
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# Rawlinson Acres

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York County · Residential
                

# Rawlinson Acres

                  

Rawlinson Acres is an established residential area in northwestern Rock Hill centered around Rawlinson Road, with a mix of older homes and larger single-family houses on wooded lots. Recent listings d

              
    
  

  
    
          
                            Northwestern High School
                            Rawlinson Road Middle School
                            York Road Elementary School
                            Winthrop University
                            nearby Rawlinson Road/West Main Street corridor [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/946-Mallard-Dr-32-Rock-Hill-SC-29732/462093791_zpid/)
              
    
    
    

      
      
        

### Quick Facts

                        CategoryResidential                Main CorridorNorthwestern Rock Hill, near Rawlinson Road and West Main Street, west of downtown and not far from Winthrop University [Rock Hill Herald](https://www.heraldonline.com/news/business/article282649813.html), [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com/rawlinson-acres-rock-hill-sc/)        CountyYork County      

      
      
        

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## Location

        

Rawlinson Acres sits in west-central Rock Hill off Rawlinson Road, near the Rawlinson Road Middle School/York Road Elementary area and a short drive from downtown Rock Hill at Main Street and Caldwell Street. The neighborhood is closer to the I-77 corridor than to US-21, and it sits away from the Catawba River and Lake Wylie; local drainage in this part of town is tied more to small creek and branch systems, including the Manchester Creek area farther east.

              
    
    
          
        

## Character

        

Rawlinson Acres is made up mostly of mid-20th-century single-family houses, including ranch-style homes on large lots; one recent listing at 829 Rawlinson Rd showed a 1960 ranch on 1.3 acres in Rawlinson Acres I. The streets are primarily residential and low-traffic, with mature trees and older detached homes set back from the road rather than dense rowhouse or townhome development. A visitor driving through would typically see brick or mixed-siding ranches, broad yards, driveways, and occasional newer infill or renovation work.

      
    
    
          
        

## History

        

The neighborhood developed as a postwar suburban area in the Rawlinson Road corridor rather than as a mill village or railroad district. A 1960 home in Rawlinson Acres I shows the area’s build-out by the early suburban era, when Rock Hill was expanding outward from its older downtown and mill-era neighborhoods. Unlike places anchored by a named mill or campus, Rawlinson Acres appears to be a later residential subdivision with larger lots and conventional ranch housing, and its history is tied more to subdivision development than to a single historic structure.

      
    
    
    
    
    
      
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## Schools

        
                                  
              
                Elementary
                                  
                              
              York Road Elementary School
              Rock Hill School District 3                            
                                              
            
                                  
              
                Middle
                                  
                              
              Rawlinson Road Middle School
              Rock Hill School District 3                            
                                              
            
                                  
              
                High
                                  
                              
              Northwestern High School
              Rock Hill School District 3                            
                                              
            
                  
        

Ratings from the South Carolina School Report Card (state Department of Education) — not third-party aggregators.

      
    
    
          
        

## Nearby Retail & Dining

        

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              **Pop's Cafe**
               — neighborhood cafe serving breakfast and lunch               *(about 1.2 mi)*            
                                  
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              **Amélie's French Bakery**
               — bakery and cafe with coffee and pastries               *(about 2.0 mi)*            
                                  
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              **Legal Remedy Brewing**
               — brewery and pub in downtown Rock Hill               *(about 2.0 mi)*            
                                  
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              **The Mercantile**
               — cafe and deli in historic downtown Rock Hill               *(about 2.1 mi)*            
                                  
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              **Hickory Tavern**
               — casual sit-down restaurant and bar               *(about 1.7 mi)*            
                                  
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              **CVS Pharmacy**
               — pharmacy on Celanese Road               *(about 1.8 mi)*

      
    
    
          
        

## Healthcare & Essentials

        

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              **Piedmont Medical Center**
               hospital               *(about 4.6 mi)*            
                                  
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              **Novant Health Rock Hill Family Medicine**
               primary care               *(about 1.7 mi)*            
                                  
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              **Atrium Health Primary Care Shiland Family Medicine**
               primary care               *(about 2.3 mi)*            
                                  
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              **CVS Pharmacy**
               pharmacy               *(about 1.8 mi)*            
                                  
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              **Good Pharmacy**
               pharmacy               *(about 1.4 mi)*            
                                  
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              **Carolina Pharmacy - Rock Hill**
               pharmacy               *(about 2.4 mi)*

      
    
    
    
      
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