RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of North Carolina >> Stokes County >> LawsonvilleIndex...

Welcome to Lawsonville ...

Lawsonville is located in Stokes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lawsonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1924.

Lawsonville is 1,170 feet [357 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lawsonville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lawsonville: 336 & 743<3>

The ZIP code for Lawsonville: 27022<4>

Communities Also Named Lawsonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named Lawsonville: This one is located in Stokes County and the other is located in Rockingham County.

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

Communities near Lawsonville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lawsonville ...

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

Adding Lawsonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lawsonville 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 Lawsonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lawsonville post office opened in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lawsonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Stokes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lawsonville - 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Lawsonville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Lawsonville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Lawsonville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Lawsonville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/