Lawrencetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia
Location of Lawrencetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 44°52′57″N 65°09′50″W / 44.8825, -65.16389
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Municipality	Annapolis County
Settled	1760
Government
- Village Chair	Lynette Gilks
- Village Committee	Commissioners of Lawrencetown
Area
- Village	km²  ( sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Village
- Density	/km² (/sq mi)
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
- Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Postal code	B0S
Area code(s)	902
Telephone Exchange	584
Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

Lawrencetown is a village within Annapolis County in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Canada. As of 2006, the population was 668. Every year at the Lawrencetown Exhibition Grounds, the Annapolis Valley Exhibition is held, which is typically a very large gathering. The town was first settled in 1760 and named after Nova Scotia governor Charles Lawrence.

Lawrencetown is home to the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS), a branch of the Nova Scotia Community College.

References

External links

• Lawrencetown on valleyweb.com
• A history of Lawrencetown

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