Lisbon
Ghost town · Laurens County, South Carolina

Lisbon 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 Lisbon as a historical populated place on the Laurens 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 34.4243° N, 82.0012° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Laurens South |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 647 ft |
| Nearest living town | Mountville, SC |
| Distance to it | 3.8 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1234881 |
| Coordinates | 34.42429, -82.00121 |
What's there now
Lisbon is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mountville, SC (population 100), about 3.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 647 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Simpsonghost town · Laurens County · 7.5 mi
- Brysonghost town · Laurens County · 9.4 mi
- Doublingghost town · Laurens County · 9.4 mi
- Owensghost town · Laurens County · 9.5 mi
- Austinghost town · Laurens County · 10 mi
- Doverghost town · Laurens County · 10.4 mi
- Spring Groveghost town · Laurens County · 11.4 mi
- Jonesghost town · Greenwood County · 13.2 mi
- Reedy Riverghost town · Laurens County · 13.8 mi
- Tumbling Shoalsghost town · Laurens County · 13.9 mi
- Huntingtonghost town · Laurens County · 14.1 mi
- Edensghost town · Laurens County · 14.8 mi
Questions
Where is Lisbon?
Lisbon is in Laurens County, South Carolina, at 34.4243, -82.0012.
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.