Place:Lawrence, Alabama, United States

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Place Information
Name
Lawrence
Alternate names
Lawrence     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Coordinates
34.533°N 87.333°W
Located in
Alabama, United States     (1818 - )
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Aldridge Grove
Avoca
Brickhouse Ford
Brides Hill
Caddo
Camp Spring
Chalybeate Springs
Concord
Courtland Downs
Courtland
Edmond
Egypt Ford
Fairfield
Fish Pond
Fishermans Resort
Five Points
Flat Rock
Flower Hill
Freeman Acres
Harmony
Hatton
Hepsidam
Hickory Grove
Hillsboro
Jerusalem
Jesseton
Kinlock
Kitchens Mill
Lakeview
Landersville
Lennon Hill
Letson Settlement
Longtown
Loosier
Lovettville
Masterson Mill
Midway
Moulton
Mount Hope
Mount Moriah
Mountain Home
Muck City
Ne Smith
North Courtland
Oak Grove
Oakville
Paradise Shores
Piney Grove
Pittsburg
Pool
Poplar Creek
Poplar Point
Red Bank
Reynolds
Rigdom
Rocky Hill
Speake
Terry Heights
Terrytown
Town Creek
Trace Ford
Wheeler Dam Village
Wheeler
Wolf Springs
Wren
Youngtown
Unknown
Wolf Creek
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source: Family History Library Catalog
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Lawrence County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, as well as the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. Its name is in honor of J. Lawrence, a captain in the United States Navy from Vermont. As of 2000 the population was 34,803. Its county seat is Moulton and it's a prohibition or dry county.

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History

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Lawrence County was established on February 6, 1818.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1818 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1818 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1818 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1818 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1830 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1900 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1830 14,984
1840 13,313
1850 15,258
1860 13,975
1870 16,658
1880 21,392
1890 20,725
1900 20,124
1910 21,984
1920 24,307
1930 26,942
1940 27,880
1950 27,128
1960 24,501
1970 27,281
1980 30,170
1990 31,513

Note: Populations for 1800 and 1810 are totals of those counties of Mississippi Territory entirely or mostly within present-day Alabama. Population for 1820 excludes three counties, Lawrence (8,652), Perry (4,118), and Washington (3,646), whose returns were received too late for inclusion in the official State total.

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