Lawrence County is a county in Kentucky, United States, along the Big Sandy River on the West Virginia border, in the eastern part of the state. It had a population of 16,293 at the 2020 census and covers 420 square miles (1,100 km2), of which 416 square miles are land and 4.5 square miles are water, centred near 38\u00b004\u2032N 82\u00b044\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Louisa is the county seat, and its postal code is 41230. The county has one incorporated city, Louisa, plus roughly fifty unincorporated communities and rural crossroads scattered through its hollows and ridges. Lawrence County sits in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n
Louisa is the only incorporated city in Lawrence County. Everywhere else on the list below is an unincorporated community \u2014 a crossroads store, a post-office name, or a cluster of homes along a creek, common across Kentucky’s Big Sandy Valley counties. Population and ZIP figures are given only where a place has its own U.S. Census or postal designation; most small communities share Louisa’s ZIP or have none of their own.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisa<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 41230<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Adams<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 41201<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ben Bow<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Blaine<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 41124<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Blevins<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Buchanan<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Busseyville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Chapman<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Charley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cherokee<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Clifford<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cordell<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Davisville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ellen<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Evergreen<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Falls of Tug<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fallsburg<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Five Forks<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fullers<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gallup<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Georges Creek<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Glenwood<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hannah<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Holt<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Houckville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Irad<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ledocio<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lowmansville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 41232<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Martha<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 41159<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mazie<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 41160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Noris<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Orr<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Overda<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Patrick<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Peach Orchard<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Richardson<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Skaggs<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Stringtown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Summit<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Terryville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Torchlight<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ulysses<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 41264<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Walbridge<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Webbville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 41180<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wilbur<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Winding Stair<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Yatesville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Zelda<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Yatesville shares its name with the county’s largest reservoir, Yatesville Lake, a few miles to the northwest \u2014 the community and the lake are separate places and are not to be confused.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nMost of the smaller communities listed above have no post office of their own and use one of these eight ZIP codes depending on which side of the county they sit on.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nLawrence County lies in the Cumberland Plateau of eastern Kentucky, a landscape of steep, forested ridges and narrow valleys drained by the Levisa Fork and Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River, which meet at Louisa to form the Big Sandy itself \u2014 the county’s eastern boundary with West Virginia. Yatesville Lake, formed by a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam on Blaine Creek, provides flood control along with boating and fishing. Of the county’s 420 square miles, 4.5 square miles are water.<\/p>\n Lawrence County borders Carter County<\/a> to the northwest, Boyd County<\/a> to the north, Wayne County, West Virginia, across the Big Sandy River to the east, Martin County<\/a> to the southeast, Johnson County<\/a> to the south, Morgan County<\/a> to the southwest, and Elliott County<\/a> to the west.<\/p>\n Lawrence County had 16,293 residents at the 2020 census. Louisa, the county seat, is by far the largest community; Blaine is the next-largest named place, though most of the county’s population lives outside any incorporated or census-designated place, spread along the creeks and hollows that feed the Levisa and Tug forks. Median household income in the county runs well below the Kentucky median of $61,118, consistent with other counties in the Big Sandy Valley coalfield. Population density works out to roughly 39 people per square mile.<\/p>\n Lawrence County’s economy centres on Louisa, the seat and main retail and government hub, along with health care, education, and public-sector services tied to the county school district. Coal mining shaped the county’s economy for generations and remains present, though at a reduced scale from its mid-20th-century peak. Yatesville Lake State Park draws visitors for boating, fishing, and hunting. Lawrence County is a “moist” county under Kentucky alcohol law: package and by-the-drink alcohol sales are allowed only inside Louisa’s city limits, while the rest of the county remains dry.<\/p>\n Lawrence County was formed on December 14, 1821, from parts of Floyd and Greenup counties. It is named for Captain James Lawrence, a U.S. Navy officer killed in the War of 1812 who is remembered for the order “Don’t give up the ship.” Louisa, the seat, sits at the confluence of the Levisa and Tug forks of the Big Sandy River, a site that made it a natural river landing and later a rail town. The county is the birthplace of Fred M. Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the United States, and of Paul E. Patton, who served as governor of Kentucky from 1995 to 2003. Musicians Tyler Childers and Ricky Skaggs both have roots in Lawrence County.<\/p>\n US Route 23 runs north-south through the county along the Levisa Fork, and Kentucky Route 3 follows the Big Sandy River through Louisa. Louisa also sits near the West Virginia state line, making Huntington and Ashland the nearest larger metro centres.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Tri-State Airport (HTS) in Huntington, West Virginia.<\/p>\n Where is Lawrence County, Kentucky?<\/strong> What is the population of Lawrence County?<\/strong> How big is Lawrence County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Lawrence County?<\/strong> How many towns and communities are in Lawrence County?<\/strong> |