Lawford is an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
History The community was named after Asby Poole Law (1823-1868), a pioneer settler. (The book misspells Asby as "Asberry".) He arrived with his family in 1848 and settled on a farm originally cleared by Joshua Smith in 1840.History of Ritchie County: With Biographical Sketches of Its Pioneers and with Interesting Reminiscences of Revolutionary and Indian Times by Minnie Kendall Lowther, Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling, W.Va. (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV); pg 264. A post office called Lawford was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1943.
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