Eastern Kansas
Douglas County
City of Lawrence

Lawrence

Lawrence is a city in , along I-70, 35 miles west of , Kansas. It is home to the University of Kansas. Lawrence provides a mix of academics, bohemia, and small-town Kansas kitsch.
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  • Type: City with 95,400 residents
  • Description: city in and county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States
  • Also known as: “Lawrence, Kansas” and “Lawrence, KS”
  • Postal codes: 66044-66047 and 66049

Places of Interest

Highlights include Spencer Museum of Art and Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum.

Museum
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The is an art museum operated by the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, United States.

Museum
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The Watkins Museum of History is a in Lawrence, Kansas that is managed by the Douglas County Historical Society. It provides programs and public events, educational resources and activities, and changing exhibits about the heritage of .

Museum
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The is part of the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, a KU designated research center dedicated to the study of the life of the planet.

Lawrence

Latitude
38.9719° or 38° 58′ 19″ north
Longitude
-95.2359° or 95° 14′ 9″ west
Population
95,400
Elevation
863 feet (263 metres)
IATA airport code
LWC
United Nations Location Code
US LWC
Open location code
86C6XQC7+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151399928
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4274277
Wiki­data ID
Q493840
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lawrence” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لورانس”
  • Aragonese: “Lawrence”
  • Armenian: “Լոուրենս”
  • Asturian: “Lawrence, Kansas”
  • Asturian: “Lawrence”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lourens”
  • Basque: “Lawrence”
  • Bavarian: “Lawrence”
  • Belarusian: “Лоўрэнс (Канзас)”
  • Belarusian: “Лоўрэнс”
  • Bengali: “লরেন্স, ক্যানসাস”
  • Breton: “Lawrence”
  • Catalan: “Lawrence”
  • Cebuano: “Lawrence”
  • Central Kurdish: “لۆڕێنس، کانزاس”
  • Chechen: “Лоренс”
  • Chinese: “Lawrence”
  • Chinese: “劳伦斯县”
  • Chinese: “勞倫斯”
  • Chinese: “勞倫斯郡”
  • Chinese: “羅倫斯縣”
  • Czech: “Lawrence”
  • Dagbani: “Lawrence”
  • Danish: “Lawrence”
  • Dutch: “Lawrence”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لورانس”
  • Esperanto: “Lawrence”
  • Estonian: “Lawrence”
  • Finnish: “Lawrence”
  • French: “Lawrence”
  • Georgian: “ლოურენსი”
  • German: “Lawrence, Kansas”
  • German: “Lawrence”
  • Gilaki: “لارنس”
  • Greek: “Λόρενς”
  • Gujarati: “લોરેન્સ”
  • Haitian: “Lawrence, Kansas”
  • Haitian: “Lawrence”
  • Hebrew: “לורנס”
  • Hindi: “लॉरेंस”
  • Hungarian: “Lawrence”
  • Ido: “Lawrence, Kansas”
  • Ido: “Lawrence”
  • Indonesian: “Lawrence”
  • Interlingua: “Lawrence”
  • Irish: “Lawrence”
  • Italian: “Lawrence”
  • Japanese: “ローレンス”
  • Japanese: “ローレンス市”
  • Kannada: “ಲಾರೆನ್ಸ್”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Лоуренс”
  • Korean: “로렌스”
  • Ladin: “Lawrence”
  • Latvian: “Lawrence”
  • Latvian: “Lorensa”
  • Lithuanian: “Lawrence”
  • Low German: “Lawrence”
  • Malagasy: “Lawrence, Kansas”
  • Malagasy: “Lawrence”
  • Malay: “Lawrence”
  • Malayalam: “ലോറൻസ്”
  • Marathi: “लॉरेन्स”
  • Mazanderani: “لارنس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lawrence”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lawrence”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lawrence”
  • Norwegian: “Lawrence”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Laurentum, Cǣnsas”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lawrence”
  • Persian: “لارنس”
  • Persian: “لورنس، کانزاس”
  • Persian: “لورنس”
  • Polish: “Lawrence”
  • Portuguese: “Lawrence, Kansas”
  • Portuguese: “Lawrence”
  • Russian: “Лоренс”
  • Russian: “Лоуренс”
  • Serbian: “Лоренс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lawrence, Kansas”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lawrence”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lorens”
  • Silesian: “Lawrence”
  • Sinhala: “ලෝරන්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Lawrence”
  • Slovenian: “Lawrence”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لاورنس، کانزاس”
  • Spanish: “Lawrence (Kansas)”
  • Spanish: “Lawrence”
  • Swedish: “Lawrence, Kansas”
  • Swedish: “Lawrence”
  • Swiss German: “Lawrence”
  • Talysh: “Lorens”
  • Tamil: “லாரன்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Лоренс (Канзас)”
  • Tatar: “Лоренс”
  • Telugu: “లారెన్స్”
  • Thai: “ลอเรนซ์”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence, Kansas”
  • Turkish: “Lawrence”
  • Ukrainian: “Лоренс”
  • Urdu: “لارنس، کنساس”
  • Urdu: “لارنس”
  • Uzbek: “Lawrence”
  • Uzbek: “Лаwренcе”
  • Vietnamese: “Lawrence, Kansas”
  • Vietnamese: “Lawrence”
  • Volapük: “Lawrence”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lawrence, Kansas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lawrence”
  • Welsh: “Lawrence”

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