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Introduction ...

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.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Lawrence (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Lawrence. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Lawrence is historic, it would have been located within present day Monroe County.

To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monroe County: Lamar (AL), Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee & Lowndes.

Below are the counties that are near Lawrence. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lawrence:

  • Monroe County     (The home county of Lawrence)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawrence, with the one closest to Lawrence listed first.
    • New Wren
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • New Wren is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wren
    • Wren
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Wren is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
    • Cotton Gin Port ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Cotton Gin Port is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Gin Port
    • Amory
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Nettleton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Acker ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Acker is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acker
    • Gibson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Gibson is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
    • Hatley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Hatley is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
    • Aberdeen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ales ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Ales is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ales
    • Floyton ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Floyton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyton
    • Smithville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Chickasaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawrence, with the one closest to Lawrence listed first.
    • Egypt
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Egypt is located in Chickasaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
    • Okolona
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sycamore ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Sycamore is located in Chickasaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Van Vleet
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Van Vleet is located in Chickasaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
    • Houston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • New Houlka
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • New Houlka is located in Chickasaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Houlka
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 601 people
      • Former names for New Houlka:
      • Houlka
      • Old Houlka
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Houlka <2>
    • Thelma
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Thelma is located in Chickasaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
    • Anchor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Anchor is located in Chickasaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
    • Woodland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodland is located in Chickasaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
  • Clay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawrence, with the one closest to Lawrence listed first.
    • Una
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Una is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
    • Whites
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Whites is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
    • Abbott
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Abbott is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
    • Vinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Vinton is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
    • Siloam
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Siloam is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
    • West Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Montpelier
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Montpelier is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
    • Beasley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Beasley is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
    • Griffith
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Griffith is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
    • Mhoons Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Mhoons Valley is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoons Valley
    • Waverly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Waverly is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Cedar Bluff
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar Bluff is located in Clay County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
  • Holmes County
    • Egypt
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Egypt is located in Holmes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Itawamba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawrence, with the one closest to Lawrence listed first.
    • Carolina
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Carolina is located in Itawamba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
    • Greenwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Greenwood is located in Itawamba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Abney
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Abney is located in Itawamba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abney
    • Ballardsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Ballardsville is located in Itawamba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville
    • Fulton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Mantachie
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Clay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Clay is located in Itawamba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Tremont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Oakland is located in Itawamba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawrence, with the one closest to Lawrence listed first.
    • Shannon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Richmond
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Richmond is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
    • Plantersville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Verona
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Mooreville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Mooreville is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
    • Tupelo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Bissell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bissell is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
    • Indian Hills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Indian Hills is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
    • Saltillo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawrence, with the one closest to Lawrence listed first.
    • Kolola Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kolola Springs is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kolola Springs
    • Caledonia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pontotoc County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawrence, with the one closest to Lawrence listed first.
    • Goodford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Goodford is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodford
    • Algoma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Nixon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Nixon is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Pontotoc
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sherman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pannell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pannell is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pannell
  • Webster County
    • Mantee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mantee is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
  • Lamar County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lawrence, with the one closest to Lawrence listed first.
    • Detroit
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Bedford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bedford is located in Lamar County (AL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
    • Sulligent
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lawrence, see our County-by-County Page for Lawrence.

Cemeteries Near Lawrence ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lawrence.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Lawrence - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lawrence covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lawrence, with the one closest to Lawrence listed first.

  • Old Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Word Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Wren Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Baker Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bransford Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • New Prospect Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pisgah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ware Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (374 more) ...
    • Thompson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mound Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Blackwood Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Lawrence in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lawrence.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Lawrence, with the one closest to Lawrence listed first.

  • Central Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Central Grove is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
  • Bigbee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bigbee is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
  • Egypt
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Egypt is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Nettleton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Amory
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Okolona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Acker ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Acker is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acker
  • Gibson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Gibson is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
  • Greenbrier ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenbrier is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
  • Aberdeen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Shannon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Buena Vista
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Buena Vista is located in Chickasaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Sykes ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Sykes is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykes
    • Smithville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Evergreen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Evergreen is located in Itawamba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lawrence. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lawrence.

Newspapers Published in Lawrence ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lawrence.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lawrence, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lawrence.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Lawrence:

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lawrence, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lawrence) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.