Do you know of Lawrence ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lawrence. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Lawrence.
Our sources for Lawrence (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Lawrence other than they indicate that Lawrence would be found somewhere in Beadle County, South Dakota.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 and closed in 1896.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Lawrence ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Lawrence.
Within South Dakota, the name Lawrence is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Lawrence [Cherokee County].
- Arkansas
- California
- Santa Clara County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Lawrence [Santa Clara County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lawrence [Hillsborough County].
- Illinois
- McHenry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lawrence [McHenry County].
- Indiana
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lawrence [Marion County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Butler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lawrence [Butler County].
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lawrence [Douglas County].
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Lawrence [Frederick County].
- Massachusetts
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Lawrence [Essex County].
- Michigan
- Van Buren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lawrence [Van Buren County].
- Minnesota
- Mille Lacs County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Lawrence [Mille Lacs County].
- Scott County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Lawrence [Scott County].
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- Nuckolls County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Lawrence [Nuckolls County].
- New Jersey
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Lawrence [Mercer County].
- New York
- Nassau County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lawrence [Nassau County].
- Queens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lawrence [Queens County].
- Saint Lawrence County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lawrence [Saint Lawrence County].
- Schuyler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lawrence [Schuyler County].
- North Carolina
- Edgecombe County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Lawrence [Edgecombe County].
- Ohio
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lawrence [Lawrence County].
- Stark County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lawrence [Stark County].
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lawrence [Washington County].
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lawrence [Wood County].
- Oklahoma
- Pontotoc County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Lawrence [Pontotoc County].
- Pennsylvania
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lawrence [Washington County].
- Tennessee
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lawrence [Madison County].
- Texas
- Kaufman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lawrence [Kaufman County].
- Utah
- Emery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Lawrence [Emery County].
- Washington
- Whatcom County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Lawrence [Whatcom County].
- Wisconsin
- Marquette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Lawrence [Marquette County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lawrence ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lawrence:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lawrence - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Beadle County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Beadle County.
| Altoona | Goodle |
| Beatrice | Lakeside |
| Earlville | Winthrop |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Lawrence 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 county. 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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |