Lawrence is a city in Marion County, Indiana, United States. It is one of four “excluded cities” in Marion County. The city is house to Fort Benjamin Harrison within Fort Harrison State Park. The population was 46,001 at the 2010 census. The city is upon the northeast side of Indianapolis and is currently growing at twice the rate of the perch of Indiana.

The municipality was platted in 1849 below the say Lanesville but further names were tried because there was already another Lanesville in Indiana. The broadcast Jamestown, in praise of the town’s founder James White, was used for a while, but in 1866 the Marion County Commissioners attributed the publicize Lawrence, which is plus the reveal of the township in which it is located. Lawrence was named after the naval hero of the War of 1812, Captain James Lawrence In 1929 the citizens of Lawrence voted to become an independent town, where they first usual the town marshal, as without difficulty as new parts of government.

In 1969, Indianapolis and Marion County adopted a unified meting out structure known as Unigov. Lawrence is one of four “excluded cities” and so retains its own municipal government. Its citizens vote not unaccompanied for the mayor and council of Lawrence, but next for the mayor of Indianapolis and representatives upon the Indianapolis City-County Council.

Lawrence is located at 39°51′46″N 85°59′39″W / 39.86278°N 85.99417°W / 39.86278; -85.99417 (39.862739, −85.994264).