Lawrence County, Illinois, United States

Details for Lawrence County

Name

Lawrence County

Place Type

County

Located in

Illinois, United States

County Seat

Lawrenceville (Lawrence Township)

Coordinates

Latitude		38.7000472		38° 42' 00.2" N
Longitude		-87.7166939		87° 43' 00.1" W

Population

15,972

Elevation

131 m

Surrounding Counties

Sullivan (Indiana) NE
Knox (Indiana) E
Wabash SW
Edwards SW
Richland W
Jasper NW
Crawford N

USGS GNIS FeatureID

424252

Histopolis Place ID

306404465

Updated May 12, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Lawrence County

9 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=740 (9 Sep 2009)

Illinois Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Illinois Gravestone Photos]
Research your Illinois ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Illinois gravestone photos. Locate Illinois gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Illinois roots.
http://illinoisgravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=51 (10 Mar 2011)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Lawrence County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Lawrence County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Lawrence/cem/ (23 Aug 2009)

The USGenWeb Illinois Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/lawrence/lawrencecem.html (8 Dec 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Lawrence County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Lawrence County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Lawrence/ (14 Jan 2010)

Lawrence County, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Illinois (16 Jul 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Lawrence County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=6337&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (21 Jan 2008)

Lawrence County, Illinois IL, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Lawrence County, Illinois IL, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6337 (12 Nov 2008)

The Political Graveyard: Lawrence County, Ill. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LW.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

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Surveys in Lawrence County

1 Survey, 3 Ranges, 10 Townships

The Second Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Lawrence County. You can navigate to any of the 10 survey townships that overlap Lawrence County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Lawrence County

9 Townships

Allison	Bond	Bridgeport	Christy
Denison	Lawrence	Lukin	Petty
Russell

Cities of Lawrence County

4 Cities, 2 Villages, 16 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Applegate	Billett	Birds (village)	Bridgeport (city)
Charlottsville (historical u.p.)	Chauncey	Grays Corner	Grisold (historical u.p.)
Hadley	Helena	Jackson	Lawrenceville (city)
Petersburg	Petrolia	Pinkstaff	Riddleville
Russellville (village)	Saint Francisville (city)	Sand Barrens	Sumner (city)
Westport (Allison Township)	Westport (Petty Township)

Cemeteries of Lawrence County

52 Cemeteries, 2 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Allison	Bell	Bethel	Bluffs
Brian	Buchanan	Bunker Hill	Centerville
Charlottesville	Collins	Conover	Corrie
Cotton	Cughan	Denison	Derr
Dollahan	Emmons	Gilead	Goines
Hollister	Hopewell	Howard	Immaculate Conception
Kinkade	Lagow	Lawrenceville	Leech
Lone Tree	May Chapel	Mickey	Moffett
Morris	Mount Zion	Mt. Zion (*)	Oak Lawn
Olive Branch	Otterbein	Otterburn	Pollard
Portee	Portee	Price	Ridgley
Saint Paul	Shiloh	Spring Hill	St. Paul (*)
Storckman	Sumner	Tann	Tevealt
Wesley Chapel	Wright

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