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1849 |
Lanesville platted near Bee Line Railroad and Pendleton Pike. |
1866 |
Lanesville's name is changed to Lawrence after the name of the post office. |
1886 |
Population of Lawrence: 150. It has become a trading center. |
1903 |
Fort Benjamin Harrison is established on 2,000 acres of land north of the town of Lawrence. |
1926 |
Oaklandon's Universalist church rebuilds after a fire. The new building is at 6450 Oalkandon Road. |
1927 |
Population of Oaklandon is 500. |
Oaklandon has two churches, the Universalist and a Christian Church. |
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1929 |
Lawrence is incorporated. |
1940 |
Lawrence holds and annual "Twelfth Night" ceremony for Epiphany observance which involves a ceremonial burning of Christmas trees. |
1941 |
The damming of Fall Creek at 8200 Fall Creek Boulevard allows greater growth in Lawrence. |
1950 |
Population of Lawrence: 2,000. |
Growth at Lawrence is spurred by Western Electric, Ford and Chrysler plants on nearby Shadeland Ave. |
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A new park in Lawrence is dubbed "pool park" after the wading pool there. |
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1951 |
Oaklandon gets first electric street light. |
1953 |
Finance Center opens at Fort Benjamin Harrison bringing approximately 10,000 civilian and military employees. |
City of Indianapolis invokes a new urbanization law to prevent Lawrence from annexing land within 3 miles of Indianapolis's boundaries. |
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1955 |
Oaklandon's Northeast subdivision is showing spec houses for sale. |
1958 |
Indiana Bell Telephone gains permission to acquire the Oaklandon Telephone Company. Oaklandon has about 550 subscribers and 725 phones in use. Indiana Bell will give 24-hour service and direct service to Indianapolis, Fishers, Cumberland and McCordsville. There will be a rate increase. |
1959 |
Lawrence becomes a 5th Class City. |
Lawrence replaces town board with first mayor, Morris Settles, and a city council. |
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1960 |
Lawrence City Council suspends its rules for one night to quickly finalize an annexation of an area about 1/2 the size of the current city. The council acted quickly to prevent Indianapolis from annexing the land. About 25 remonstrators attend the meeting. |
1960 population of Lawrence: 10,000. |
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1961 |
Lawrence becomes a 4th Class City when population climbs over 10,000. |
Yearly stipend for volunteer fire department members is raised from $25 to $35. |
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When Lawrence grows from 5th Class to 4th Class city it adds two new council members, growing from five members--four elected from districts and one at large--to seven members, five from districts and two at large. |
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Lawrence has a seven-man police department. Minimum pay is to be raised from $3,960 to $4,200. |
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1962 |
Although the Unitarian Universalist church in Oaklandon has not grown at the same rate that the town has, the Christian Church has grown rapidly and is building a new building. |
1963 |
A group of local "toughs," calling themselves the "Oaklandon Hoods" are causing problems in town. Apparently there is not much serious criminal behavior but they are bothering residents. |
1964 |
Former site of Oaklandon School is to be used for a new shopping center. |
Rev. John Greenlee of Oaklandon Christian Church along with parents and the Oaklandon Volunteer Fire Department sponsors recreational events, athletics and dances for the local teens. This is resulting in a decrease in problems with area teens. |
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1967 |
The Oaklandon Community Council, led by Rev. John Greenlee of Oaklandon Christian Church has successfully lobbied IPL to install electric street lights in Oaklandon. The town will pay a yearly charge of $3,200 for the service. |
1968 |
Fire puts the town of Oaklandon's only grocery out of business. Residents raise money to help store owners reopen. |
1970 |
Population of Lawrence: 16,000. |
Fort Benjamin Harrison is annexed by Lawrence. The annexation adds more than 2,600 acres to the city. The annexation will also increase Lawrence's share of state tax funds. |
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Under UniGov, Lawrence is designated an "Excluded City." |
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Population of Oaklandon is 1,500. |
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1973 |
Indianapolis enters lawsuit against the City of Lawrence by citizens who hope to prevent annexation of their areas by Lawrence. |
1976 |
Lawrence annexes more than 5,000 acres including Oaklandon and Indian Lake. The justice of Superior Court 7 ruled in favor of the City of Lawrence and against citizens who objected to the annexation. The decision ended a six-year lawsuit. |
1980 |
Population of Lawrence: 25,000. |
1988 |
Lawrence Mayor Thomas D. Schneider is the city of Lawrence's third mayor. Beginning his first week in office he plans to form a sanitation department and to transform the volunteer fire department into a paid unit. |
City of Lawrence operates on annual budget of approximately $4 million and employs 100 people. |
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Lawrence is counted the fastest growing city in Indiana. |
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City of Lawrence operates eight parks in Lawrence township. |
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City of Lawrence has three fire stations. Locations are: 450 McCoy Street, 4751 N. Richart and 6477 Oaklandon Rd. |
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1989 |
Lawrence is scheduled a new 770-student elementary school near Fort Harrison this year. |
The City of Lawrence has budgeted money to construct a fourth fire station this year. |
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1990 |
Suburban sprawl from Geist Reservoir and Lawrence have increased the population of the Oaklandon area to 2,600. |
Population of Lawrence: 27,000. Lawrence has 11 churches. |
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1991 |
April. Department of the Army lists Fort Benjamin Harrison as one of several Army Installations to be closed in the 1990s. |
1997 |
Fort Benjamin Harrison closes as an Army installation. Part of the property will become a state park. |
1998 |
Karen Sippel, block captain of the Payton Street Crime Watch recruits businesses, residents, civic groups, and the city of Lawrence to clean-up and renovate Explorer Park in Lawrence. |
A pending bond issue for city recreation facilities includes $200,000 for a new shelter, trail lighting, sand volleyball court, softball field, and landscaping. |
Source:
http://www.polis.iupui.edu/RUC/Neighborhoods/LawrenceGeist/LawrenceTimeline.htm
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