Welcome to Laurence ...
Although we found mention of Laurence during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Laurence was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Laurence to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Laurence, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Laurence might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).
Communities Also Named Laurence ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Laurence - it's located in South Carolina.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Laurence.
Communities near Laurence ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Laurence.
- Terrebonne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrebonne came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrebonne
- Repentigny
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Repentigny came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Repentigny
- Mascouche
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mascouche came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascouche
- Varennes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Varennes came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varennes
- Joliette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joliette came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliette
- Lachenaie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lachenaie came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lachenaie
- Le Gardeur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Le Gardeur came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Gardeur
- L'Assomption
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for L'Assomption came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for L'Assomption
- La Plaine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Plaine came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plaine
- Saint Lin Laurentides
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lin Laurentides
- Saint Lin Laurentides has also been known as:
- Saint Lin Laurentides
Off-the-Road Links ...
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Laurence and then turned west". While Laurence could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Laurence as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Laurence could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |