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Lawrence County, Illinois
Lawrence County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Lawrenceville
Year Organized: 1821
Square Miles: 372 |
Court House: 1100 State Street
County Courthouse
Lawrenceville, IL 62439-2341
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Capt. James Lawrence, commander of the USS. Chesapeake;
killed in naval battle in 1812.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Lawrence County was created on January 16, 1821 (Laws, 1821, p. 16) and was formed from Crawford and Edwards
Counties. Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Crawford County (1816–1821), Edwards County (1815–1819),
Gallatin County (1812–1815),Madison County (1812–1815), Randolph County (1809–1812) and Knox, Northwest Territory
(1790–1809).
The County was named for Captain James Lawrence, Commander of the Chesapeake, who was mortally wounded in an engagement
between that vessel and the British vessel, Shannon, during the War of 1812. The County Seat is Lawrenceville . Prior
County Seats was Home of Toussaint Dubois (Lawrenceville) (1821) and Lawrenceville (1821–Present).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 374 square miles (968 kmē), of which, 372
square miles (963 kmē) of it is land and 2 square miles (5 kmē) of it (0.52%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Crawford County
- East: Knox County, Ind.
- Southwest: Wabash County
- West: Richland County
Cities and Towns:
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- Allison |
township |
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- Birds |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bond |
township |
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- Bridgeport |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Christy |
township |
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- Denison |
township |
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- Lawrence |
township |
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- Lawrenceville
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lukin |
township |
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- Petty |
township |
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- Russellville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- St. Francisville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sumner |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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