Lawn
Ghost town · Cherokee County, South Carolina

Lawn is a ghost town in Cherokee County, South Carolina. It is one of 10 former communities in Cherokee County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 15th among the 43 South Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lawn as a historical populated place on the Blacksburg South 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 35.0329° N, 81.5859° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Blacksburg South |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 745 ft |
| Nearest living town | Cherokee Falls, SC |
| Distance to it | 3.2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1228577 |
| Coordinates | 35.03291, -81.58593 |
What's there now
Lawn is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cherokee Falls, SC (population 28), about 3.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 745 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Mercerghost town · Cherokee County · 2.6 mi
- Gaston Shoalsghost town · Cherokee County · 7.4 mi
- Hancockvilleghost town · Cherokee County · 8.3 mi
- Wilburnghost town · Cherokee County · 8.3 mi
- Gowdeysvilleghost town · Cherokee County · 8.8 mi
- Ettaghost town · Cherokee County · 9 mi
- Goforth Cross Roadghost town · Cherokee County · 9.9 mi
- Grindallghost town · Cherokee County · 10.2 mi
- Erwinsvilleghost town · Cleveland County · 10.7 mi
- Beauty Spotghost town · York County · 11.5 mi
- Flat Rockghost town · Union County · 11.8 mi
- Nicholsvilleghost town · Cleveland County · 12.6 mi
Questions
Where is Lawn?
Lawn is in Cherokee County, South Carolina, at 35.0329, -81.5859.
How many ghost towns are in Cherokee County?
Cherokee County, South Carolina has 10 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.