She offered the Chester and Cheraw Railroad land to build a line through the proposed town, which they did.
"[7] After Southern Power built a dam in 1907, the nearby town of Great Falls saw considerably more growth than Fort Lawn.
[7] Fort Lawn is in eastern Chester County at 34°42′3″N 80°53′47″W / 34.70083°N 80.89639°W / 34.70083; -80.89639 (34.700811, -80.896469),[8] about 2 miles (3 km) west of the Catawba River.
South Carolina Highway 9 crosses US 21 in the center of Fort Lawn, leading east across the Catawba River 8 miles (13 km) to Lancaster and west 10 miles (16 km) to Interstate 77 north of Richburg.
Landsford Canal State Park, home of the world's largest population of Rocky Shoals spider lilies, is 9 miles (14 km) north of the town.
It is home to a 9/11 memorial constructed from pieces of a steel beam removed from the World Trade Center site.