Lawrenceville is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in northeastern
Hancock County,
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
, United States. It is directly adjacent to the city of
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
, and has been closely connected to it throughout its history. It is part of the
Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area
The Weirton–Steubenville, WV–OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Upper Ohio Valley, is a metropolitan statistical area consisting of two counties in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and one in Ohio, anchored by the citie ...
.
History
The history of Lawrenceville goes back to 1714, when a trading post was established in the area. The town was created by an act of the
Virginia legislature
The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the oldest continuous law-making body in the Western Hemisphere, the first elected legislative assembly in the New World, and was established on July 30, 1619 ...
in 1814. It once had its own elementary school, but students today commute to Chester.
Geography
Lawrenceville is located on the East Liverpool South U.S. Geological Survey Map, and lies at an
elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Vert ...
of 978 feet (289 m). The GNIS ID codes for Lawrenceville is 1554924.
Notable landmark
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Little Blue Run Lake
Little Blue Run Lake or Little Blue Run is the largest coal ash impound in the United States. FirstEnergy owns the site, located in Western Pennsylvania and parts of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, and has disposed of billions of gallons ...
References
*http://lewis-clark.org/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=2966
Unincorporated communities in Hancock County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
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