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Lawrence

Lawrence County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,768, making it the 8th most populous county in South Dakota, and was estimated to be 28,809 in 2024.
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  • Type: County with 24,100 residents
  • Description: county in South Dakota, United States
  • Also known as: “Lawrence County”, “Lawrence County, SD”, and “Lawrence County, South Dakota”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lead and Central City.

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is a city in Lawrence County, , United States. The population was 2,982 at the 2020 census. is located in western South Dakota, in the near the state line.

Village
is a city in Lawrence County, , United States. The population was 93 at the 2020 census.

Locality
, formerly known as Yellow Creek or Flat Iron City, is a ghost town in Lawrence County, , United States. It was known for its highly successful gold mining.

Lawrence

Latitude
44.3502° or 44° 21′ 1″ north
Longitude
-103.8249° or 103° 49′ 30″ west
Population
24,100
Elevation
5,292 feet (1,613 metres)
Open location code
85PR952G+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316990727
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5766411
Wiki­data ID
Q489099
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Satellite Map

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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، داكوتا الجنوبيه”
  • Armenian: “Լոուրենս շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Lawrence”
  • Basque: “Lawrence konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Lawrence County, South Dakota”
  • Bavarian: “Lawrence County”
  • Bishnupriya: “লৱরেন্স কাউন্টি, সাউথ ডাকোটা”
  • Bishnupriya: “লৱরেন্স কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Лорънс”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Lawrence”
  • Catalan: “Lawrence County”
  • Cebuano: “Lawrence County”
  • Chechen: “Лоренс (гуо, Къилба Дакота)”
  • Chechen: “Лоренс”
  • Chinese: “Lawrence Kūn”
  • Chinese: “劳伦斯县”
  • Chinese: “勞倫斯縣”
  • Czech: “Lawrence County”
  • Dutch: “Lawrence County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Laŭrenco”
  • Esperanto: “Lawrence County”
  • Estonian: “Lawrence’i maakond”
  • Finnish: “Lawrencen piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Lawrence”
  • French: “Comté de Lawrence”
  • French: “Lawrence County”
  • Georgian: “ლოურენსის ოლქი”
  • German: “Lawrence County”
  • Gilaki: “لارنس ٚ شأرستان (نسايي داکؤتا)”
  • Gilaki: “لارنس ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Λώρενς”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Λώρενς”
  • Hungarian: “Lawrence megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Lawrence, Dakota Theas”
  • 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 Sør-Dakota”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lawrence County”
  • Norwegian: “Lawrence County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لارنس، داکوتای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لارنس”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Lawrence”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Lawrence”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Lawrence”
  • Portuguese: “Lawrence County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Lawrence, Dakota de Sud”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Lawrence”
  • Russian: “Лоренс”
  • Russian: “Лоуренс”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Lawrence”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lawrence County”
  • Serbian: “Lawrence County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Лоренс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lawrence County, South Dakota”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lawrence County”
  • Slovenian: “Lawrence County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Lawrence (Dakota del Sur)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Lawrence”
  • Spanish: “Lawrence County”
  • Swedish: “Lawrence County, South Dakota”
  • Swedish: “Lawrence County”
  • Tatar: “Лоренс”
  • Tatar: “Орора (округ, Көньяк Дакота)”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence County, Güney Dakota”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence County, S.Dak.”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence County, SD”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence County”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence ilçesi, Güney Dakota”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence ilçesi, S.Dak.”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence ilçesi, SD”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Лоуренс”
  • Urdu: “لارنس کاؤنٹی، جنوبی ڈکوٹا”
  • Urdu: “لارنس کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Lawrence”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lawrence, Nam Dakota”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lawrence, South Dakota”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Lawrence”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lawrence, South Dakota”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Lawrence”
  • Welsh: “Lawrence County, De Dakota”
  • Welsh: “Lawrence County”
  • Western Panjabi: “لارنس کاؤنٹی، ساؤتھ ڈیکوٹا”
  • Western Panjabi: “لارنس کاؤنٹی”

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