The following is a sample of nearby communities. Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Lawford and not the distance if you are going to drive it.^<3>.

Community	2016 ^<4> Population	Direction	Distance
Auburn [Map]	92	NE	4 miles [6.4 km]
Cairo [Map]	267	NW	15 miles [24.1 km]
Ellenboro [Map]	346	NW	15 miles [24.1 km]
Glenville [Map]	1,517	SE	10 miles [16.1 km]
Grantsville [Map]	538	SW	13 miles [20.9 km]
Harrisville [Map]	1,750	NW	11 miles [17.7 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Lawford.

Communities Also Named Lawford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we have found another community named Lawford - it's located in Virginia.

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

See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...

We have a couple of sections that should be of interest to those chasing their genealogy.

We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lawford. We make it easy to see an overhead view of the cemetery.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lawford. Our list includes information such as whether the community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lawford.

These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Lawford:

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lawford ...

Looking for more information about Lawford? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you get an overview with links that will help you to find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lawford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Tourism Map for Lawford.

Search for Local Businesses ...

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Lawford. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

Business Owners: To appear in the above search results, your business will need to be listed with the Google Places service. Please use the below link to learn about and register for the free service.

If you find an error or if your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to register your business or report an error. We simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results. Only a registered owner/operator can add their business or correct mistakes - we can not do it for you.

Other Roadside Stops ...

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Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lawford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of West Virginia: www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lawford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304). For more about area code overlays, please see our Glossary for Lawford. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance that starts in Lawford. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lawford) to Point B. Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lawford. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0687, Longitude: -80.9362 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Lawford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). - Return to Citation
<4>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Lawford. - Return to Citation
<5>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Lawford.