Editing Lawrence, Kansas (section)

===Neighborhoods===
Lawrence is designated by neighborhoods. Neighborhoods closest to downtown are Old West Lawrence, North Lawrence, East Lawrence, Oread, Hancock and Pinkney. The neighborhoods west of Iowa Street are Sunset Hills, Prairie Meadows, Deerfield, and Alvamar. There are several neighborhoods listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Old West Lawrence,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=41|title=Search|website=nrhp.focus.nps.gov}}</ref> Oread,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=42|title=Search|website=nrhp.focus.nps.gov}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Hancock,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=26|title=Search|website=nrhp.focus.nps.gov|access-date=April 10, 2012|archive-date=May 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505182648/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=26|url-status=dead}}</ref> Breezedale,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=8|title=Search|website=nrhp.focus.nps.gov}}</ref> and most of Rhode Island Street<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=37|title=Search|website=nrhp.focus.nps.gov}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=56|title=Search|website=nrhp.focus.nps.gov}}</ref> in East Lawrence.

====North Lawrence====
[[File:Lawrence Visitors Center.JPG|thumb|The Lawrence Visitors Center, formerly the [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] Depot]]

[[Grant Township, Douglas County, Kansas|Grant Township]], north of the Kansas River, was annexed to Douglas County in 1870 from southern [[Sarcoxie Township, Jefferson County, Kansas|Sarcoxie Township]] in [[Jefferson County, Kansas|Jefferson County]]. The largest city in the township was Jefferson, founded in 1866 just over the river from Lawrence. Jefferson was renamed North Lawrence in 1869 and it was attempted to annex the town to Lawrence proper but the motion failed. The following year, the [[Kansas Legislature|State Legislature]] annexed the town.<ref name="Andreas 1883, p. 326"/>

Just northeast of North Lawrence there once was a popular park area known as Bismarck Grove.<ref name="ks bismarck">{{cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-historical-quarterly-beautiful-bismarck/13197|publisher=Kansas Historical Society|access-date=May 25, 2019|title=Beautiful Bismarck|author=Jim L. Lewis|date=Autumn 1969|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808203005/https://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-historical-quarterly-beautiful-bismarck/13197|archive-date=August 8, 2018}} Kansas Historical Society's entry for Bismarck Grove. Autumn 1969 (Vol. 35, No. 3), pages 225 to 256.</ref> During the late 19th century, this area housed numerous fairs, picnics, and temperance meetings.<ref name="ks bismarck" /> In 1870, the Kansas Pacific railroad set up a number of manufacturing and repair shops in this area, which became known as "Bismarck".<ref name="ks bismarck" /> The first organized gathering in the area took place in 1878 was the National Temperance camp meeting. The last fair was held at the Grove in 1899, and due to financial issues, the area was sold and became private property in 1900.<ref name="ks bismarck" /><ref>Lewis (1969).</ref>