Welcome to Lawrence ...

So far, we found very little information about Lawrence. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lawrence to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lawrence, please Contact Us.

Lawrence would have been located within present day Emery County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lawrence, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lawrence is 5,660 feet [1,725 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Lawrence is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Lawrence was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Lawrence still existed, it would have been in the (435) area code.

Communities Also Named Lawrence ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Lawrence - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, New York (4), North Carolina, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lawrence.

Communities near Lawrence ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lawrence.

• Castle Dale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Dale
  • Castle Dale is located in Emery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,511 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castle Dale <4>
• Ferron
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferron
  • Ferron is located in Emery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,507 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ferron <4>
• Orangeville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
  • Orangeville is located in Emery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,338 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orangeville <4>
• Cleveland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Cleveland is located in Emery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleveland <4>
• Elmo
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
  • Elmo is located in Emery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmo <4>
• Clawson
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clawson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
  • Clawson is located in Emery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clawson <4>
• Hiawatha
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
  • Hiawatha is located in Carbon County
• Wilsonville ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wilsonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
  • Wilsonville is located in Emery County
• Desert Lake ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Desert Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Lake
  • Desert Lake is located in Emery County
• Mohrland ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohrland
  • Mohrland is located in Emery County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lawrence. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lawrence.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lawrence. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lawrence.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lawrence. See our Newspapers Page for Lawrence.

Adding Lawrence to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lawrence in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lawrence was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Lawrence post office opened in 1891.

We also found Lawrence in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lawrence.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Emery County: www.co.emery.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/