Welcome to Lawn ...

So far, we found very little information about Lawn. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lawn to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lawn, please Contact Us.

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Lawn would have been located within present day Cherokee County<2>.

The location of Lawn has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lawn, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1811.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lawn is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Lawn was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Lawn still existed, it would have been in the (864) area code.

Websites for Lawn ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cherokeechamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Lawn, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Lawn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Lawn: This one is located in Cherokee County and the other is located in Union County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 9 communities that are also named Lawn - they are located in Kansas, Nebraska (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Texas and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lawn.

Communities near Lawn ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lawn.

• Shelby
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
  • Shelby is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,145 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <5>
• Gaffney
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaffney
  • Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,695 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaffney <5>
• Kings Mountain
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
  • Kings Mountain is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,118 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kings Mountain <5>
• York
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • York is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,637 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <5>
• Boiling Springs
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
  • Boiling Springs is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,617 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boiling Springs <5>
• Pacolet
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
  • Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <5>
• Cowpens
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
  • Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <5>
• Blacksburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksburg
  • Blacksburg is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,880 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blacksburg <5>
• Chesnee
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesnee
  • Chesnee is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 942 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesnee <5>
• Jonesville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Jonesville is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lawn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lawn.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lawn. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lawn.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lawn. See our Newspapers Page for Lawn.

Adding Lawn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lawn in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lawn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lawn post office opened in 1811.

We also found Lawn on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lawn.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/