Lawrence County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- James Lawrence
- Seat
- Lawrenceville
- Largest city
- Lawrenceville
- Total
- 374 sq mi (970 km )
- Land
- 372 sq mi (960 km )
- Water
- 2.0 sq mi (5.2 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 13,790
- Density
- 41.1/sq mi (15.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
- Website
- www.lawrencecounty, illinois.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James Lawrence
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Lawrenceville
- Population
- 15280
- Area
- 968
- Shares border with
- Richland County
- Official website
- www.lawrencecountyillinois.com
- Image
- Lawrence County Courthouse in Lawrenceville.jpg
- Households
- 6166
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- Commons category
- Lawrence County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Lawrence County, Illinois
- inception
- 1821-00-00
- different from
- Lawrence County
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Lawrence County
- per capita income
- 26233
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Encyclopedic overview
Lawrence County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. At the 2020 census, the population was 15,280. Its county seat is Lawrenceville.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lawrence County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.