A post office called Lawrence was established in 1856, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903.[4] The community was named for Lawrence Bigsby, the owner of the original town site.[5]
Lawrence CDP, Illinois - Demographic Profile (NH = Non-Hispanic) Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
In early January 2008, an ef3 tornado went through Lawrence. This caused major damage to several houses in the community. Although no deaths were reported, several injuries occurred. Although the initial tornado did little damage, a train that was operated by Wisconsin rail had been derailed and a tanker car containing radioactive elements smashed into the back of the locomotive before flipping over and leaking radioactive elements over the rails. This caused concerns to the community of Lawrence and later evacuating people in Lawrence and northern areas of the nearby town of Harvard. a fire was reported after the derailing of the train. The damage in the train crash is not known. Although the tornado alone caused about 8.3 million dollars in damages most likely from the train crash as the tornado did minor damage outside of Lawrence.
Referencesedit
^"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lawrence, Illinois
^"McHenry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
^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. 93.
^"Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
^ ab"P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Lawrence CDP, Illinois". United States Census Bureau.
lawrence, illinois, lawrence, unincorporated, community, census, designated, place, chemung, township, mchenry, county, illinois, united, states, lawrence, miles, northwest, harvard, named, before, 2020, census, which, time, population, census, designated, pla. Lawrence is an unincorporated community and census designated place in Chemung Township McHenry County Illinois United States Lawrence is 2 miles 3 2 km northwest of Harvard It was named a CDP before the 2020 census at which time it had a population of 220 3 Lawrence IllinoisCensus designated placeLawrenceShow map of IllinoisLawrenceShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 42 26 28 N 88 38 28 W 42 44111 N 88 64111 W 42 44111 88 64111Country United StatesState IllinoisCountyMcHenryTownshipChemungArea 1 Total0 37 sq mi 0 95 km2 Land0 37 sq mi 0 95 km2 Water0 00 sq mi 0 00 km2 Elevation906 ft 276 m Population 2020 Total220 Density597 83 sq mi 231 07 km2 Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code s 815 amp 779GNIS feature ID411867 2 Contents 1 History 2 Demographics 2 1 2020 census 3 January 2008 Tornado 4 ReferencesHistory editA post office called Lawrence was established in 1856 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903 4 The community was named for Lawrence Bigsby the owner of the original town site 5 Demographics editHistorical population CensusPop Note 2020220 U S Decennial Census 6 2020 7 2020 census edit Lawrence CDP Illinois Demographic Profile NH Non Hispanic Note the US Census treats Hispanic Latino as an ethnic category This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category Hispanics Latinos may be of any race Race Ethnicity Pop 2020 7 2020White alone NH 159 72 27 Black or African American alone NH 6 2 73 Native American or Alaska Native alone NH 0 0 00 Asian alone NH 2 0 91 Pacific Islander alone NH 0 0 00 Some Other Race alone NH 0 0 00 Mixed Race Multi Racial NH 11 5 00 Hispanic or Latino any race 42 19 09 Total 220 100 00 January 2008 Tornado editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2022 template removal help In early January 2008 an ef3 tornado went through Lawrence This caused major damage to several houses in the community Although no deaths were reported several injuries occurred Although the initial tornado did little damage a train that was operated by Wisconsin rail had been derailed and a tanker car containing radioactive elements smashed into the back of the locomotive before flipping over and leaking radioactive elements over the rails This caused concerns to the community of Lawrence and later evacuating people in Lawrence and northern areas of the nearby town of Harvard a fire was reported after the derailing of the train The damage in the train crash is not known Although the tornado alone caused about 8 3 million dollars in damages most likely from the train crash as the tornado did minor damage outside of Lawrence References edit 2020 U S Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau Retrieved March 15 2022 U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Lawrence Illinois Lawrence CDP Illinois United States Census Bureau Retrieved March 12 2021 McHenry County Jim Forte Postal History Retrieved March 22 2015 Chicago and North Western Railway Company 1908 A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago amp North Western and Chicago St Paul Minneapolis amp Omaha Railways p 93 Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades US Census Bureau a b P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2020 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Lawrence CDP Illinois United States Census Bureau nbsp This McHenry County Illinois location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lawrence Illinois amp oldid 1164964058, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
