Lawrence County

Lawrence County is the name of eleven counties in the United States. All but the one in South Dakota were named for the U.S. naval hero of the War of 1812, Captain James Lawrence.

  • Lawrence County, Alabama
  • Lawrence County, Arkansas
  • Lawrence County, Illinois
  • Lawrence County, Indiana
  • Lawrence County, Kentucky
  • Lawrence County, Mississippi
  • Lawrence County, Missouri
  • Lawrence County, Ohio
  • Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
  • Lawrence County, South Dakota
  • Lawrence County, Tennessee

Famous quotes containing the words lawrence and/or county:

    “Before Lawrence, I had known a good deal about labor, but I had not felt about it. I had not got angry. In Lawrence I got angry. I wanted to do something about it.”
    —Mary Heaton Vorse (1874–1966)

    “I believe the citizens of Marion County and the United States want to have judges who have feelings and who are human beings.”
    —Paula Lopossa, U.S. judge. As quoted in the New York Times, p. B9 (May 21, 1993)