Lawrenceville, Illinois
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N 38° 43.767 W 087° 40.987
16S E 440622 N 4286975
Lincoln entered Illinois for the first time, and General Rogers went through after the British.
Waymark Code: WMVNAD
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2017
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County of city: Lawrence County
Location of city: NE of center in the county; crossroads of US-50 & IL-1
Location of county: Eastern border, the start of the lower third of the state
Location of courthouse: 1100 State Street, Lawrenceville
Elevation: 469 ft (143 m)
Population: 4,397 (2014)
"On behalf of the City of Lawrenceville and the good people of Lawrence County Illinois, Welcome to the City of Lawrenceville Website.
"Lawrence County is in the heart of a ten-state region and central to most of the major metropolitan areas of the midwest. It is in the center of ten automobile assembly plants for one-day “Just-In-Time” delivery and within easy driving distance of Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Princeton, Cincinnati, Nashville, Louisville, Georgetown, Lexington, Little Rock, Kansas City and Milwaukee. The City of Lawrenceville is located 45 miles from the new Toyota pickup assembly plant in Princeton, IN. Location in Lawrence County improves access to markets, reduces travel time, reduces transportation costs, facilitates communication and enables companies in the region to provide better service to their customers.
"HIGHWAY SERVICES: The highway system contains 810 miles of major and local highways. The major highways serving the area are U.S. Route 50 which extends coast to coast and Illinois Route 1 which feeds directly into the Chicago area. Route 50 also links up with Interstate 57 to the west and U.S. 41 (a four-lane highway) to the east and the new Route 69 (a four lane highway) from Texas to Canada. Route 1 also links up with Interstate 70 to the north and Interstate 64 to the south. Both Route 50 and Route 1 have been approved and included in the National Highway System Act. There are eleven major trucking firms in the area.
"AIRPORT COMPLEX: The 3,000 acre Mid-American Air Center is the 3rd largest airport in the state of Illinois. There are two 5,200 foot, hard surfaced runways. It also includes a 160 acre industrial park, the 43 acre Foreign Trade Zone #146 and a terminal building with office space to accommodate the administration personnel and tenants. There are seven hangars owned by the Bi-State Authority which are leased to several firms involved in aircraft repair and charter service. Acreage is currently available with the complex for industrial development." ~ City of Lawrenceville
"?The history of Lawrence County Illinois touches almost every historical era...George Rogers Clark marched across the County during the Revolution; Tecumseh traveled through its forests; Abe Lincoln moved his family through it and later became a regular visitor; it was the first Illinois county to hang a woman; the first men enlisting for duty when Lincoln called for recruits during the Civil War were from Lawrence county; oil was discovered under its soil producing an unrivaled economic boom, and an Army Air Corp. base was built on its prairie during WWII." ~ Lawrence County Historical Society