Welcome to Lawrence ...Lawrence is located in Cherokee County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Lawrence, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. Lawrence is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Lawrence lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: While Lawrence is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Lawrence: 256 & 938<3> Communities Also Named Lawrence ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Lawrence - they are located in 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, Utah, 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.
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. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lawrence ...Looking for more information about Lawrence? 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 Lawrence, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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 (so far) for Lawrence was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lawrence. Footnotes ...
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