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Fort Lawn South Carolina Map

Explore Fort Lawn, South Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Fort Lawn, South Carolina

How to Use This Fort Lawn, South Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fort Lawn, South Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of South Carolina or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Fort Lawn.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Fort Lawn
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	Chester County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.702089
Longitude	-80.894798
Population	962
Density	266.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	29714
Area Code	864
County Seat	Chester
School District	Chester County School District

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About Fort Lawn, South Carolina

Fort Lawn is a locality in Chester County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 962. The population density is 266.6 people per km². Fort Lawn is located at 34.7021°N, 80.8948°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Fort Lawn is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29714.

Fort Lawn emerges from the red-clay piedmont as a quiet intersection of open fields and dense, encroaching woodlands where the heat of midday hangs heavy and still. It lies 17.1 miles south-southeast of Rock Hill, SC (from Rock Hill, SC: bearing 154°T), and is situated 7.2 miles west of Lancaster. The landscape here is defined by a subtle, deliberate flatness that gives way to the deep, slow-moving shadows of late afternoon, casting long silhouettes across the acreage. Water defines the periphery of the terrain, with the modest flow of Dairy Branch cutting through the undergrowth only a mile away, while the expanse of Fishing Creek Reservoir sits just two miles beyond, its surface often mirroring the pale, cloud-streaked sky. Residents gather at Town of Fort Lawn Park 1 to watch the light change, finding a stillness that settles over the grass as the day cools and the insects begin their rhythmic chorus in the pines.

Fort Lawn carries the weight of a local economy once anchored by the steady hum of textile mills, remnants of which still linger as quiet pillars of a bygone industrial era. The memory of the Great Falls of Catawba, located nine miles away, serves as a distant reminder of the region’s long-standing relationship with the power of moving water, which once dictated the movement of goods and labor through these interior corridors. Today, the pace of life in Fort Lawn follows the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons rather than the frantic ticking of a clock, favoring a deliberate persistence over rapid growth. There is a particular texture to the air here, thick with the scent of pine needles and damp earth, that grounds the people who remain, binding the current daily life to the older, quieter history of the South Carolina piedmont.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fort Lawn Community Center (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 211° SW
Landsford Canal Forest Legacy Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 011° N
Landsford Canal State Park (State Park) — 4.3 mi, 014° N
Westmoreland Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 074° E
Spingdale Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.9 mi, 084° E
Lancaster County Recreation Center (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 083° E
Lancaster Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 080° E
Lancaster County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 080° E
Catawba River Wildlife Management Area - Heritage Tract (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 170° S
Andrew Jackson State Park (State Park) — 10.2 mi, 030° NE
Boy of the Waxhaws (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 028° NE
Battle of Wahab's Plantation (Registered Battlefield) — 13.3 mi, 034° NE
Catawba Cultural Center (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 002° N
Hanging Rock (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 125° SE
Freedom Rides (Public Artwork) — 17.2 mi, 335° NW
Main Street Children's Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 334° NW
Divine Custom Frame & Eight Legs Gallery (Gallery) — 17.7 mi, 029° NE
Chester County Transportation Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 272° W
Carhartt Mansion (Historic Ruins) — 19.2 mi, 349° N
Acting Out Studio (Theatre) — 22.9 mi, 350° N
Theater (Theatre) — 23.2 mi, 027° NE
Knights Stadium (Historic Ruins) — 24.4 mi, 352° N
Big Rock (Attraction) — 25.1 mi, 009° N
Illuminate Studio (Arts Centre) — 26.5 mi, 355° N
Wetland Overlook (Viewpoint) — 26.6 mi, 001° N
Union County Community Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 27.5 mi, 045° NE
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 29.2 mi, 232° SW · 375k acres
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.0 mi, 113° SE · 92k acres
Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.7 mi, 061° NE · 17k acres
Congaree National Park (National Park) — 59.4 mi, 176° S · 26k acres

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