Lawley is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Bibb County,

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, United States.

History

Lawley is likely named for the family of Joseph Lawley, who moved to the area from

Randolph County, North Carolina Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 144,171. Its county seat is Asheboro. Randolph County is included in the Greensboro- High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistica ...

. The community had a

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, with

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s appointed from 1955 to 2005.

Geography

Lawley is located at and has an elevation of .

References

Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Bibb County, Alabama {{bibbCountyAL-geo-stub