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Lawrence County, Kentucky

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10historic places

—earliest paper

1822formed

16,293pop. 2020

68cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 10 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Louisa, Fallsburg.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

8 of 10 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

10 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Atkins-Carter House	Louisa	Building	1988
Big Sandy Milling Company	Louisa	Building	1988
First United Methodist Church	Louisa	Building	1984
Freese, Capt., House	Louisa	Building	1988
Garred House, Chapel, and Burial Vault	Louisa	Building	1975
Louisa Commercial Historic District	Louisa	District	1988
Louisa Residential Historic District	Louisa	District	1988
Louisa United Methodist Church	Louisa	Building	1988
Vinson, Fred M., Birthplace	Louisa	Building	1974
Yatesville Covered Bridge	Fallsburg	Site	1976

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lawrence was formed in 1822 (1822-02-11) from Floyd, Greenup.

LAWRENCE created from FLOYD and GREENUP.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Lawrence County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,900	4,730	7,601	13,262	19,612	17,643	17,275	14,418	12,134	14,121	15,569	16,293

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

68 cemeteries and 28 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 68 of 68 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Adams Cemetery	38.1035	-82.79478
Adkins Cemetery	38.11305	-82.71885
Alley Cemetery	38.12475	-82.64075
Bishop Cemetery	38.01818	-82.88357
Boggs Cemetery	38.14913	-82.90762
Bolts Cemetery	38.25895	-82.69581
Busseyville United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.0691	-82.67136
Carter Cemetery	38.0623	-82.76187
Cartmill Cemetery	38.04268	-82.58709
Coburn Cemetery	38.21551	-82.80701
Cordle Cemetery	38.01453	-82.78239
Crabtree Cemetery	38.13543	-82.79649
Curnutte Cemetery	38.03372	-82.81022
Dave Boggs Cemetery	38.0804	-82.88034
Dobyns Cemetery	38.02591	-82.93099
Edwards Cemetery	38.02362	-82.8725
Emerson - Stratton Cemetery	38.05317	-82.61117
Franklin Cemetery	38.02798	-82.58603
Greenlawn Cemetery	38.10703	-82.61793
Griffith Cemetery	38.02674	-82.84435
Hammond Cemetery	38.1602	-82.78943
Hammond Cemetery	37.97232	-82.55743
Hardin Cemetery	38.04154	-82.62928
Hay Cemetery	38.0273	-82.96238
Hayes Cemetery	38.00675	-82.75821
Hensley Cemetery	38.14958	-82.88798
Howell Cemetery	38.21758	-82.80071
Hutchison Cemetery	38.0973	-82.6821
James C Webb Cemetery	38.16556	-82.83981
Jason Boggs Cemetery	38.07341	-82.90211
Jordan Cemetery	38.18459	-82.77082
KC Family Cemetery	None	None
Kinner Cemetery	38.18424	-82.6096
Leadman Cemetery	38.13954	-82.79795
Little Cemetery	38.01925	-82.52793
Marvin Sparks Cemetery	37.97244	-82.83044
Maynard Cemetery	38.02592	-82.52988
McClure Cemetery	38.01593	-82.61985
McIntier Cemetery	38.25615	-82.66144
Miller Cemetery	38.06556	-82.61465
Miller Cemetery	38.07139	-82.61557
Moore Cemetery	38.01623	-82.74979
Moore Cemetery	38.06493	-82.72853
Patton Memorial Cemetery	38.1998	-82.66468
Pine Hill Cemetery	38.11278	-82.61547
Preece Cemetery	38.0989	-82.60386
Prince Cemetery	38.07739	-82.73196
Ran Boggs Cemetery	38.06425	-82.88516
Rice Cemetery	38.00953	-82.9096
Sammons Cemetery	37.97786	-82.48904
See Cemetery	38.08517	-82.58613
Shady Grove Cemetery	38.12256	-82.78009
Shannon Cemetery	38.03922	-82.66242
Smoky Valley Cemetery	38.08985	-82.64619
Sparks Cemetery	38.01275	-82.91633
Sparks Cemetery	38.02702	-82.93433
Sparks Cemetery	38.0283	-82.85681
Swetnam Cemetery	38.03585	-82.84815
Taylor Cemetery	38.02739	-82.55063
Taylor Cemetery	38.21966	-82.76843
Thompson Cemetery	38.14739	-82.82686
Thompson Cemetery	38.162	-82.7604
Vinson Cemetery	38.03648	-82.5396
Webb Cemetery	38.22784	-82.79106
Webbville Cemetery	38.17365	-82.87392
Williams Cemetery	38.05925	-82.87766
Yatesville Memorial Gardens	38.07986	-82.65495
Young Cemetery	38.08064	-82.81821

Historical populated places — 28 of 28

Name	Lat	Lon
Adeline	38.23861	-84.06111
Brammer Gap	38.16944	-82.81803
Brows Defeat	37.95083	-82.64126
Cam Creek	38.02778	-82.93689
Deephole	38.12056	-82.67787
Donathon	38.00889	-82.56475
Elm Grove	38.05917	-82.78634
Green Valley	38.17056	-82.72705
Greenwood	38.17556	-82.61475
Kise	37.98815	-82.65932
Laurel	37.9775	-82.54727
Lick Creek	38.17667	-82.89699
Lost Creek	37.90778	-82.68361
Meades Branch	37.98556	-82.67486
Morgans Creek	38.14361	-82.71889
Mouth of Bear	38.24333	-82.60929
Needmore	38.13556	-83.75833
Pleasant Ridge	38.09306	-84.03611
Potters	38.15694	-82.64262
Prosperity	38.05278	-82.77951
Providence	38.0675	-82.75929
Ray	37.91278	-82.67541
Rockville	38.24389	-82.60929
Smoky Valley	38.09139	-82.61556
Tarkiln	37.99917	-82.83716
Trinity	38.2175	-82.74071
Upper Tug	37.94972	-82.48197
Webbs Mill	38.07028	-82.6806

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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