THE LAWRENCE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Illinoian Till Plain setting.
Lawrence County has 372.2 square miles of land in Illinois. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Lawrence County: Southern Illinoian Till Plain, Wabash-Ohio Bottomlands, Wabash River Bluffs and Low Hills.
Broad terraced river valleys contrast with wooded slopes and dissected glacial plains. Bottomland settings and upland oak landscapes occur close together across the Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Regional context: Interior River Valleys and Hills ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Lawrence County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Illinoian Till Plain39.6%
- Wabash-Ohio Bottomlands39.6%
- Wabash River Bluffs and Low Hills20.8%
Finding your parcel within Lawrence County
The atlas lists 14 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lawrence County, including Denison, Petty, Lukin. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lawrence County by land and water
The Census records 1.96 square miles of water within Lawrence County, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Lawrence County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lawrence County has 347.2 times the land area of nearby Bridgeport city (1.07 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Crawford County, Richland County, Wabash County within Illinois. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.