Ferguson is a ghost town, a former lumber-mill settlement, in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.

[2] It was a company town owned by Northern lumbermen Francis Beidler and Benjamin F. Ferguson, both of Chicago.

The firm, which controlled 165,000 acres (67,000 ha) of land, concentrated its efforts on bald cypress timber.

[3] Operations were highly profitable, as the Santee Cypress Company had purchased valuable timberland for as little as $2.00/acre.

The lake's shallow waters continue to cover most of the town site as of 2019.