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Lawrence

Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,293. Its county seat is . The county is named for James Lawrence, and co-founded by Isaac Bolt, who served as a Lawrence County Commissioner and Justice of the Peace.
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  • Type: County with 16,300 residents
  • Description: county in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Lawrence County”, “Lawrence County, Kentucky”, and “Lawrence County, KY”

Lawrence

Latitude
38.0602° or 38° 3′ 37″ north
Longitude
-82.7317° or 82° 43′ 54″ west
Population
16,300
Elevation
659 feet (201 metres)
Open location code
86CV3769+38
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316958956
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4297576
Wiki­data ID
Q502715
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Lawrence” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Lawrence County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة لورينس”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه لورينس، كنتاكي”
  • Armenian: “Լոուրենս շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Lawrence”
  • Basque: “Lawrence konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Lawrence County, Kentucky”
  • Bavarian: “Lawrence County”
  • Bishnupriya: “লৱরেন্স কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি”
  • Bishnupriya: “লৱরেন্স কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Лорънс”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Lawrence”
  • Cebuano: “Lawrence County”
  • Chechen: “Лоренс (гуо, Кентукки)”
  • Chechen: “Лоренс”
  • Chinese: “Lawrence Kūn”
  • Chinese: “劳伦斯县”
  • Chinese: “勞倫斯縣”
  • Chinese: “勞倫斯郡”
  • Chinese: “羅倫斯縣”
  • Dutch: “Lawrence County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Laŭrenco”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Lawrence”
  • Esperanto: “Lawrence County”
  • Estonian: “Lawrence’i maakond”
  • Finnish: “Lawrencen piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Lawrence”
  • French: “Comté de Lawrence”
  • French: “Lawrence County”
  • Ganda: “Lawrence County, Kentucky”
  • Ganda: “Lawrence County”
  • Georgian: “ლოურენსის ოლქი”
  • German: “Lawrence County”
  • Gilaki: “لارنس ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “لارنس ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Λώρενς”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Λώρενς”
  • Hebrew: “לורנס”
  • Hungarian: “Lawrence megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Lawrence”
  • Italian: “contea di Lawrence”
  • Italian: “Contea di Lawrence”
  • Italian: “Lawrence County”
  • Japanese: “ローレンス郡”
  • Korean: “로렌스군”
  • Low German: “Lawrence County”
  • Mazanderani: “لارنس شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Lawrence Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lawrence Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lawrence County i Kentucky”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lawrence County”
  • Norwegian: “Lawrence County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لارنس، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لارنس”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Lawrence”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Lawrence”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Lawrence”
  • Portuguese: “Lawrence County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Lawrence, Kentucky”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Lawrence”
  • Russian: “Лоренс”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Lawrence”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lawrence County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Лоренс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lawrence County, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lawrence County”
  • Slovenian: “Lawrence County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Lawrence”
  • Spanish: “condado de Lawrence”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Lawrence”
  • Spanish: “Lawrence County”
  • Swedish: “Lawrence County, Kentucky”
  • Swedish: “Lawrence County”
  • Tatar: “Лоренс (округ, Кентуки)”
  • Tatar: “Лоренс”
  • Tumbuka: “Lawrence County, Kentucky”
  • Tumbuka: “Lawrence County”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence County, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence County, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence County, KY”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence County”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence ilçesi, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence ilçesi, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence ilçesi, KY”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Лоуренс”
  • Urdu: “لارنس کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “لارنس کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Lawrence”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lawrence, Kentucky”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lawrence”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lawrence, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lawrence”
  • Welsh: “Lawrence County, Kentucky”
  • Welsh: “Lawrence County”
  • Western Panjabi: “لارنس کاؤنٹی”

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