Browntown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, South Carolina, United States.

[4] The CDP is in northwestern Lee County, 4 miles (6 km) west of Bishopville, the county seat.

Interstate 20 forms the southern edge of the CDP, with the closest access being from Exit 116 (U.S. Route 15), 3 miles (5 km) to the east.

The southwest edge of the CDP is Scape Ore Swamp, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Black River and part of the Winyah Bay watershed.

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