Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. It is directly adjacent to the city of Chester, and has been closely connected to it throughout its history.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: unincorporated community in Hancock County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Lawrenceville, West Virginia” and “Lawrenceville, WV”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Babbs Island and Chester teapot.
Babbs Island
Islet
Babbs Island is an island in Hancock County, West Virginia on the Ohio River between East Liverpool, Ohio and Chester, West Virginia. It takes its name from the Babb family of Columbiana County, Ohio which once owned the island from 1804 to 1820—John Babb was the original owner.
Chester teapot
Work of art
Photo: Kurtsampsel, Public domain.
The Chester teapot is billed as the "World's Largest Teapot", which measures 14 feet in height by 14 feet in diameter. Its current location is on the former site of a popular amusement park, Rock Springs Park, off an onramp along U.S. Highway 30 in the City of Chester in Hancock County, West Virginia.
Little Blue Run
Reservoir
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Little Blue Run Lake or Little Blue Run is the largest coal ash impound in the United States. Ohio-based FirstEnergy owns the site, located in Western Pennsylvania and parts of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, and has disposed of billions of gallons of coal waste into the body of water.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Liverpool and East Fifth Street Historic District.
East Liverpool
East Fifth Street Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: 636Buster, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Fifth Street Historic District, located in East Liverpool, Ohio, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 1985. The district encompasses three blocks of downtown East Liverpool along East Fifth street between Market Street and Broadway. East Fifth Street Historic District is situated 2 miles west of Lawrenceville.
Newell
Village
Photo: Generic1139, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newell is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,203 at the 2020 census. Newell is situated 3 miles west of Lawrenceville.
Lawrenceville
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Hancock, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.61757° or 40° 37′ 3″ northLongitude
-80.54368° or 80° 32′ 37″ westElevation
978 feet (298 metres)Open location code
86GXJF94+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 154174179OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Lawrenceville” goes by many names.
- French: “Lawrenceville”
- Irish: “Lawrenceville”
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Highlights include Chester City Hall and Lynn Murray Memorial Library.
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