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Lawrence County
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county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- James Lawrence
- Seat
- Monticello
- Largest town
- Monticello
- Total
- 436 sq mi (1,130 km )
- Land
- 431 sq mi (1,120 km )
- Water
- 5.1 sq mi (13 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,819
- Density
- 27.9/sq mi (10.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- lawrencecountyms .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James Lawrence
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mississippi
- Contains
- Monticello
- Capital
- Monticello
- Population
- 12016
- Area
- 1129
- Shares border with
- Copiah County
- Official website
- lawrencecountyms.com
- Image
- Lawrence County Mississippi Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 5019
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- Commons category
- Lawrence County, Mississippi
- topic's main category
- Category:Lawrence County, Mississippi
- inception
- 1814-00-00
- different from
- Lawrence County
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Lawrence County
- per capita income
- 23215
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lawrence County, Mississippi
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Encyclopedic overview
Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,016. Its county seat is Monticello. The county is named for the naval hero James Lawrence.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lawrence County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.