Doubling
Ghost town · Laurens County, South Carolina

Doubling is a ghost town in Laurens County, South Carolina. It is one of 15 former communities in Laurens County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 43 South Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Doubling as a historical populated place on the Laurens North 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 34.5473° N, 82.0693° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Laurens North |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 762 ft |
| Nearest living town | Laurens, SC |
| Distance to it | 4.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1234797 |
| Coordinates | 34.54734, -82.06927 |
What's there now
Doubling is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Laurens, SC (population 9,307), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 762 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Brysonghost town · Laurens County · 3.6 mi
- Simpsonghost town · Laurens County · 6.6 mi
- Edensghost town · Laurens County · 6.8 mi
- Austinghost town · Laurens County · 7.2 mi
- Powers Shopghost town · Laurens County · 8 mi
- Reedy Riverghost town · Laurens County · 9.1 mi
- Tumbling Shoalsghost town · Laurens County · 9.3 mi
- Lisbonghost town · Laurens County · 9.4 mi
- Owensghost town · Laurens County · 10.7 mi
- Erieghost town · Laurens County · 12.6 mi
- Crowsghost town · Spartanburg County · 12.6 mi
- Jonesghost town · Greenwood County · 14.7 mi
Questions
Where is Doubling?
Doubling is in Laurens County, South Carolina, at 34.5473, -82.0693.
How many ghost towns are in Laurens County?
Laurens County, South Carolina has 15 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.