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Welcome to Lawing ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lawing, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1924.

Lawing is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Lawing lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lawing: 907

Communities Also Named Lawing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lawing - it's located in Missouri.

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

Communities near Lawing ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Lawing.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lawing ...

Looking for more information about Lawing? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lawing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lawing.

Adding Lawing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lawing 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 Lawing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lawing post office opened in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lawing.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lawing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/