Welcome to Lawrence ...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. Lawrence would have been located within present day Monroe County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Lawrence, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846. While the community is gone, the present day location for Lawrence is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Lawrence was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Lawrence was located: 662 & 471<4> Communities Also Named Lawrence ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Lawrence: This one is located in Monroe County and the other is located in Newton County. Beyond Mississippi, there are 35 communities that are also named Lawrence - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota (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. Adding Lawrence to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lawrence 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 (so far) for Lawrence was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Lawrence. Footnotes ...
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