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Lawrence County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. At the 2020 census , the population was 15,280. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Lawrenceville .
Lawrenceville is located in southeast Illinois, northwest of Vincennes, Indiana. The city is home of the Lawrenceville "Indians", Illinois Class A high school state basketball champions in 1972, 1974, 1982 and 1983. The team had a combined two season win–loss record of 68-0 from 1982–83.
Talbot is a dormant automobile marque introduced in 1902 by British-French company Clément-Talbot.The founders, Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury and Adolphe Clément-Bayard, reduced their financial interests in their Clément-Talbot business during the First World War.
Lawrence Township is located in Lawrence County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,521 and it contained 3,216 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,521 and it contained 3,216 housing units.
The Indian Refining Company was an American oil company in operation from the first decade of the 1900s until April 2, 1943. It was bought by the Texas Company in 1931. It had an oil refinery based in Lawrenceville, Illinois.
The Rock Island Centennial Bridge, officially the Master Sergeant Stanley W. Talbot Memorial Bridge, connects Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa. The bridge is 3,850 feet (1,173 m) long and stands 170 feet (52 m) above water level. Construction of the bridge began in 1938 and it opened on July 12, 1940, [3] as a toll bridge.
The first shop, located in Hingham, Massachusetts, was opened in 1947 by Rudolf and Nancy Talbot. In 1948, the Talbots launched a direct mail business by distributing 3,000 fliers to names obtained from The New Yorker magazine. In 1973, they sold the company, consisting of a growing catalog enterprise and five stores, to General Mills.
Illinois Route 250 is an east–west state highway in southeastern Illinois. It is similar to Illinois Route 251 in that portions of the highway replace former alignments of U.S. Route 50 . Illinois 250 has its western terminus west of the city limits of Noble and its eastern terminus at U.S. Route 50 Business in Lawrenceville .