Lawrence is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, between the Kansas and Wakarusa rivers. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 94,934. The city is a college town with a significant student population, because it is home to both the University of Kansas (KU) and Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU).
Midwest
Lawrence
Douglas County, KS
Population
95,103
Walk Score
97 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$1,038
Median home value
$247,300
Founded
1854
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Baker Wetlands (TCP)
- Baker Wetlands (Under Applicable Criterion A)
- Breezedale Historic District · listed 2008
- East Lawrence Industrial Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 2007
- East Lawrence Industrial Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2022
- Hancock (12th Street) Historic District · listed 2004
- Haskell Agricultural Farm Property
- Haskell Institute · listed 1966
- Johnson Block Historic District · listed 2019
- Lawrence's Downtown Historic District · listed 2004
- North Rhode Island Street Historic Residential District · listed 2004
- Old West Lawrence Historic District · listed 1972
- Oread Historic District · listed 2007
- Oregon-California Trail Segments (Additional Documentation) · listed 2016
- Pinkney I Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 2004
- Pinkney II Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 2004
- South Rhode Island and New Hampshire Street Historic Residential District · listed 2004
- Trinity Lutheran Historic District · listed 2024
- University of Kansas East Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 2014
- University of Kansas Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 2013
Notable landmarks
- Achning, Ralph and Cloyd, House · listed 1987
- Bailey Hall · listed 2001
- Beal, George Malcom, House · listed 2015
- Bell, George and Annie, House · listed 1983
- Benedict House · listed 1992
- Blood, Col. James, House · listed 1972
- Chewning House · listed 2019
- Chi Omega Sorority House
- Clinton School District 25 · listed 1998
- Double Hyperbolic Paraboloid House · listed 2007
- Douglas County Courthouse · listed 1975
- Duncan, Charles, House · listed 1986
- Dyche Hall, University of Kansas · listed 1974
- Eldridge House Hotel · listed 1986
- English Lutheran Church · listed 1995
- Fernand-Strong, House · listed 2008
- First Methodist Episcopal Church · listed 2019
- First Presbyterian Church · listed 2024
- French, Charles & Elizabeth Haskell, House · listed 2012
- Friends’ Place
- Friends’ Place · listed 2025
- Goodrich, Eugene F., House · listed 2001
- Green Hall, University of Kansas · listed 1974
- Greenlee, Michael D., House · listed 2004
- Griffin, Andrew Jackson (A.J.) and Mary Carrol, House
- …and 41 more
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