Lawrenceville, Quebec

Lawrenceville
Village municipality
Location within Le Val-Saint-François RCM.
Lawrenceville Location in southern Quebec.
Coordinates: 45°25′N 72°21′W / 45.417°N 72.350°WCoordinates: 45°25′N 72°21′W / 45.417°N 72.350°W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
RCM	Le Val-Saint-François
Constituted	April 27, 1905
Government[2]
• Mayor	Michel Carbonneau
• Federal riding	Shefford
• Prov. riding	Orford
Area[2][3]
• Total	17.20 km^2 (6.64 sq mi)
• Land	17.32 km^2 (6.69 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population (2011)[3]
• Total	652
• Density	37.7/km^2 (98/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.6%
• Dwellings	285
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	J0E 1W0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 243
Census profile	2442045[3]
MAMROT info	42045[2]
Toponymie info	34934[1]

Lawrenceville is a Village municipality in the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec.

It is situated west of Sherbrooke, near the Black River. Around 650 Lawrence villagers are counted in an area of 17 square kilometers.

History

The name of the village honors Mr. Henry Lawrence, son of Isaac Lawrence who originally came from Canaan, Connecticut, and moved to Shefford Township in 1794 settling his family near Lake Waterloo between Fulford and Waterloo. In 1800 the township of Stukely was created, and Henry and his brother Erastus became Samuel Willard's associates and both moved to South Stukely in 1804. Erastus died 8 years later. In 1836 Henry Lawrence moved to the northern part of Stukely and built a sawmill and flourmill on an island which became part of Lawrenceville. Although, the village of Lawrenceville was not constituted until 1905 by detachment of the municipality from the township of North-Stukely. Only remains of the building can still be found on Henry's Island, two dwellings still exist: dating from the 19th century, that is the Island Park House of Victorian style and another house, with a double-slope roof. Henry died in 1864, surviving his first wife Polly Day, daughter of Pelatiah and Hannah (Curtis) Day, and remarried to Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of the precursor of Waterloo, Captain Ezekiel Lewis and his wife Abigail Gibbs.

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Lawrenceville, Quebec[4]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 612 —     1996 666 +8.8%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 629 −5.6% 2006 642 +2.1%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 652 +1.6%

Language

Mother tongue (2011)^[3]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	640	97.0%
English only	10	1.5%
Both English and French	5	0.75%
Non-official languages	5	0.75%

See also

• List of village municipalities in Quebec

References

1. Reference number 34934 of the Commission de toponymie du Québec (French)
2. Geographic code 42045 in the official Répertoire des municipalités (French)
3. "(Code 2442045) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census