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Lawrence County

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Subject	Lawrence County
Category	Topics referred to by the same term
Reading time	1 min · Intermediate
Key date	1812

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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, with the one in Pennsylvania doing this indirectly as it's named after the ship named in his honor, the USS 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

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