Furman is a town in Hampton County, South Carolina, United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Furman has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.1 km2), all land.

From 1899 until the 1980s, the Southern Railway operated a line through Furman and nearby Allendale, Tarboro, and Lena.

Called the "Southern Columbia to Savannah Route", the rail also ran through Barnwell and Blackville to the north.

Its primary purpose was to increase north–south passenger and freight traffic by feeding into the Atlantic Coast Line at Hardeeville for passage south to Florida or north to Charleston and other points.

In the early 1980s, Southern abandoned its tracks south of Blackville, ending its rail service to Barnwell, Allendale, and Furman.