Lawrence, Washington
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Lawrence 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
Whatcom County Whatcom County (, ) is a county located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Washington, bordered by the Lower Mainland (the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley Regional Districts) of the Canadian province of British Columbia to t ...
, in the
U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of Washington.


History

A post office called Lawrence was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1931. The community derives its name from Laura Blankenship, the daughter of a local businessman.


References

Unincorporated communities in Whatcom County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) {{WhatcomCountyWA-geo-stub