Lincoln Avenue is the main street through the town, leading northwest towards the center of Summerville and southeast into Ladson.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Lincolnville has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), all land.

[6] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,147 people, 806 households, and 461 families residing in the town.

Salters and Walter Steele, who left their former home of Charleston to escape the racial discrimination they felt subject to in that environment.

Riding the local South Carolina Special train to examine properties for sale by the South Carolina Railroad Company, the men settled on this area that was then known as "Pump Pond" for its use as a train stopping point for water, wood and coal.

[11] After paying the agreed amount in full, a charter for establishment of the town was applied for and later received on December 14, 1889.

The city council members include James C. Hampton, Larry Brown, Betty J. Weldon, Tyrone E. Aiken, Karla K.