Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
LAWRENCE COUNTY, situated on the southeasterly boundary of Illinois, with Wabash river on the southeast. Area, 560 square miles. Seat of justice, Lawrenceville. Pop. in 1830, 3,668; in 1840, 7,092; in 1850, 6,122. (Fanning's, 1853)