LAWRENCE COUNTY, situated in the southwesterly part of Missouri. Area, --------- square miles. Seat of justice, Mount Vernon. Pop. in 1850, 4,859. (Fanning's, 1853)
LAWRENCE, a new county in the S. W. part of Missouri, has an area of 600 square miles. It is drained by the head streams of Spring river, which flows towards the W., by the Sac river, (an affluent of the Osage,) which flows towards the N., and by Centre creek. The surface is somewhat diversified, the soil generally fertile. Indian corn, wheat, oats, grass, butter, and pork are the staples. In 1850 the county produced 293,564 bushels of corn; 19,488 of wheat; 68,687 of oats, and 29,678 pounds of butter. It contained 9 churches, 680 pupils attending public schools, and 75 attending academies or other schools. Stone coal is found in the N. W. part. The county is copiously supplied with water-power. Capital, Mount Vernon. Population, 4859, of whom 4611 were free, and 248, slaves. (Baldwin & Thomas, A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States ... 1854)