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Welcome to Lauratown ...

Lauratown is located in Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lauratown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Lauratown is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lauratown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lauratown: 870 & 327<3>

Communities near Lauratown ...

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

  • Pocahontas
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Pocahontas is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,371 people
    • Former names for Pocahontas:
    • Bettis Bluff
    • Betts Bluff
    • Pokakhontas
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocahontas <4>
  • Walnut Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bono
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Bono is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bono <4>
  • Hoxie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hoxie is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoxie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,579 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoxie <4>
  • Swifton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Swifton is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
  • Imboden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • College City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • College City is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College City
    • Estimated population in 2016: 506 people
  • Ravenden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Portia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)

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 Lauratown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lauratown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lauratown. 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 Lauratown.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lauratown ...

Looking for more information about Lauratown? 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 Lauratown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lauratown.

Adding Lauratown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lauratown 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 Lauratown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lauratown post office opened in 1860. The Lauratown post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lauratown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lauratown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Lauratown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Lauratown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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