Welcome to Lawing ...

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

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

Lawing was located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Lawing would have been located within present day Christian County<2>.

The location of Lawing has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lawing, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lawing is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Lawing was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Lawing once stood is in the (417) area code.

Communities Also Named Lawing ...

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

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

Communities near Lawing ...

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

• Nixa
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
  • Nixa is located in Christian County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
  • Former name for Nixa:
  • Faught
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <5>
• Ozark
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
  • Ozark is located in Christian County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,052 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozark <5>
• Branson
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Branson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson
  • Branson is located in Taney County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,687 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Branson <5>
• Battlefield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Battlefield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
  • Battlefield is located in Greene County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
• Rogersville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
  • Rogersville is located in Webster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,953 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville <5>
• Clever
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clever have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clever
  • Clever is located in Christian County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clever <5>
• Forsyth
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
  • Forsyth is located in Taney County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,560 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsyth <5>
• Sparta
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • Sparta is located in Christian County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,076 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <5>
• Merriam Woods
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merriam Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
  • Merriam Woods is located in Taney County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
• Highlandville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highlandville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlandville
  • Highlandville is located in Christian County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highlandville <5>

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

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

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

Adding Lawing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lawing in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section 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.<6>

From that list, the Lawing post office opened in 1898.

We also found Lawing on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lawing.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/