Lawrence, Minnesota

This article is about the abandoned village named Lawrence. For the present day township named St. Lawrence, see St. Lawrence Township, Scott County, Minnesota.

The 1884 Abraham Bisson House is a vestige of Lawrence, Minnesota

Lawrence is an extinct village in section 16 of St. Lawrence Township, Scott County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.^[1]

History

Lawrence village was originally called St. Lawrence.^[2] Both names honor John Lawrence, a pioneer settler.^[2] A post office operated under the name St. Lawrence from 1857 until 1879.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lawrence, Minnesota
1 2 Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 181.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saint Lawrence Post Office (historical)

Municipalities and communities of Scott County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Shakopee

Cities	Belle Plaine Elko New Market Jordan New Prague‡ Prior Lake Savage Shakopee

Townships	Belle Plaine Blakeley Cedar Lake Credit River Helena Jackson Louisville New Market Sand Creek Spring Lake St. Lawrence

Unincorporated communities	Blakeley Cedar Lake Helena Lydia Marystown Mudbaden Spring Lake St. Benedict St. Patrick Union Hill

Ghost towns	Lawrence Merriam

Indian reservation	Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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