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Welcome to Saint Lawrence ...

Saint Lawrence is located in Hill Country.

Saint Lawrence is located in Glasscock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Lawrence, you might consider that their post office opened in 1948.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Lawrence: St. Lawrence

Saint Lawrence is 2,670 feet [814 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Saint Lawrence is ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Saint Lawrence lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Saint Lawrence: 830

Communities Also Named Saint Lawrence ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Saint Lawrence - they are located in Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota (2), New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Quebec, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Saint Lawrence ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Saint Lawrence.

  • Garden City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Midkiff
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Stiles ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Stiles is located in Reagan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
  • Forsan
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Greenwood
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood is located in Midland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Ross City ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ross City is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross City

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Saint Lawrence. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Saint Lawrence.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Lawrence ...

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

Adding Saint Lawrence to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saint Lawrence 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 Saint Lawrence was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Saint Lawrence post office opened in 1948. The Saint Lawrence post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Lawrence.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Glasscock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saint Lawrence - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/