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Welcome to Lawford ...Lawford is located in Ritchie County<1>. The location of Lawford has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Lawford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. Lawford is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Lawford lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Lawford: (304) and (681)<4> Communities Also Named Lawford ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lawford - it's located in Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lawford. Communities near Lawford ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lawford.
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 Lawford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lawford. 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 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lawford. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lawford. See our Newspapers 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 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 Lawford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lawford. Adding Lawford to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lawford 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 for Lawford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Lawford in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Lawford. 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: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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