Lawrence County, Illinois

administration
The Lawrence County Courthouse in Lawrenceville, listed on the NRHP since 2010 under number 10000992
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Lawrenceville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1100 State Street Lawrenceville, IL 62439-2341
Foundation :	January 16, 1821
Made up from:	Crawford County Edwards County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	16,833 (2010)
Population density :	17.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	968 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.lawrencecountyillinois.com

The Lawrence County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 16,833 residents and a population density of 17.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Lawrenceville .

geography

The county is located in southeast Illinois on the Wabash River , which forms the border with Indiana . It has an area of 968 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Lawrence County:

	Crawford County
Richland County		Knox County, Indiana
	Wabash County

history

Lawrence

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	3668	-
1840	7092	93.3%
1850	6121	-13.7%
1860	9214	50.5%
1870	12,533	36%
1880	13,663	9%
1890	14.093	3.1%
1900	16,523	17.2%
1910	22,661	37.1%
1920	21,380	-5.7%
1930	21,885	2.4%
1940	21,075	-3.7%
1950	20,539	-2.5%
1960	18,540	-9.7%
1970	17,522	-5.5%
1980	17,807	1.6%
1990	15,972	-10.3%
2000	15,452	-3.3%
2010	16,833	8.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Lawrence County was formed on January 16, 1821 from parts of Edwards County and Crawford County. It was named after Captain James Lawrence , who became famous with the saying: "Don't give up the ship" in the British-American War of 1812 after he was fatally wounded.

The Wabash River was a popular route for the French to travel from Canada to the Mississippi River and on to the Gulf of Mexico in the late 17th and mid-18th centuries . The French secured this route through various military posts. In the Peace of Paris in 1783 the territory fell to the British.

On February 18, 1779, George Roger Clark and his soldiers crossed what would later become Lawrence County, crossed the Wabash River near St. Francisville and captured Fort Vincennes on February 25, 1779 . After the war of 1812, more settlers came from Ohio , Kentucky, and Indiana . In the following years a ferry was built across the Wabash River, roughly at the site of today's Lincoln River Bridge .

In March 1830 the then 21-year-old future President Abraham Lincoln crossed the Wabash River with his entire family in ox-drawn carts. Later, as a prosecutor, he made frequent visits to the county.

Territorial development

Lawrence County from its inception in 1821 to 1824
1824 to 1841
1841 until today

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , there were 16,833 people in 5,818 households in Lawrence County. The population density was 17.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.18 people lived in each of the 5818 households.

The racial the population was composed of 88.5 percent white, 10.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

19.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 43.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 38,326 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,050. 16.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Lawrence County localities

Citys

Village

Russellville

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Crawford County}

structure

Lawrence County is divided into nine townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Allison Township	267	17-00906
Bond Township	685	17-07198
Bridgeport Township	2420	17-08199
Christy Township	3774	17-14299
Denison Township	1558	17-19395
Lawrence Township	6521	17-42379
Lukin Township	429	17-45200
Petty Township	729	17-59377
Russell Township	450	17-66378