City of Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

Overview of Lawrence City

• Name:
  Lawrence City
• Official Name:
  City of Lawrence
• Also Known As:
  Lawrence
• Place Type:
  Incorporated City (county subdivision)
• Located In:
  Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  Located 10 mi NE of Lowell (US-T121).
• History (GNIS):
  Settled 1655, incorporated as a town in 1847, and as a city in 1853. Named for the Lawrence family, of whom Abbott (1792-1855) was the first president of the Essex Company and Samuel (1759-1827) headed the Bay State Corporation. Both were prominent in founding the town (MA-T1/p26).
• County Seat of:
  Essex County
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:42.700304742° 42' 01.1"N

  Longitude:-71.162587071° 09' 45.3"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Lawrence 0.5 mi. N
  • South Lawrence 0.5 mi. SE
  • Mount Vernon Park 0.9 mi. S
  • North Andover 1.4 mi. E
  • Methuen City 2.3 mi. N
  • Haverhill City 7 mi. NE
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Saint Marys 1.4 mi. NW
  • Syrian 1.5 mi. S
  • Bellevue 1.5 mi. NW
  • Immaculate Conception (Methuen City) 1.5 mi. NW
  • Sacred Heart 1.6 mi. S
  • Temple Emanuel 1.6 mi. S
  • Sons of Israel 1.6 mi. S
  • Walnut Grove (Methuen City) 1.6 mi. N
  • Searles (Methuen City) 1.7 mi. N
  • Holy Sepulchre 1.8 mi. SE
  • Old North Parish Burying Ground 2.5 mi. E
  • First Burying Ground 2.7 mi. E
• Elevation:
  14 m
• Surrounding Cities, Town:
  • Haverhill NE
  • Salem Town (Rockingham County, New Hampshire) NW
  • Methuen N
• Histopolis Place ID:
  963998565
• Updated Apr 29, 2020