Lawrenceville, Alabama

Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States

31°39′28″N 85°16′09″W / 31.65778°N 85.26917°W / 31.65778; -85.26917CountryUnited StatesStateAlabamaCountyHenryElevation

528 ft (161 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code334GNIS feature ID121437^[1]

Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community in Henry County, Alabama, United States. Lawrenceville is located off U.S. Route 431, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north of Abbeville.

History

Lawrenceville is named in honor of Joseph Lawrence, who served as the community's first postmaster. He also donated the land for the Lawrenceville Male and Female Academy.^[2] A post office operated under the name Lawrenceville from 1849 to 1905.^[3] The Lawrenceville Academy was incorporated by the Alabama Legislature on January 22, 1858, even though records show it was in operation prior to 1830. The academy closed during the Civil War and closed permanently in 1888.^[4]

Despite some of the opposition to the Compromise of 1850, there was a rally held in Lawrenceville to support its adoption.^[5]

Notable people

William C. Oates, 29th Governor of Alabama from 1894 to 1896, and a brigadier general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish–American War. Attended the Lawrenceville Academy, where he studied law^[6]
Addie Anderson Wilson - composer^[7]

References

^ "Lawrenceville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 82. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
^ "Henry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
^ Smith, Larry. "Lawrenceville, Alabama". AlGenWeb.org. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
^ David Williams (March 15, 2011). Rich Man's War: Class, Caste, and Confederate Defeat in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley. University of Georgia Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-8203-4079-1.
^ Samuel L. Webb; Margaret E. Armbrester (August 31, 2014). Alabama Governors: A Political History of the State. University of Alabama Press. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-8173-1843-7.
^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)