Lawing is an extinct town in Christian County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community was located on Logan Ridge along the south edge of the Springfield Plateau.Forsyth, MO, 1:25000 Scale Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1907 (1921 revision) Missouri Route W passes through the location and Christian Center is about one mile to the north. The city of Ozark is approximately seven miles to the north-northwest.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2007, Third edition, p. 62,
A post office called Lawing was established in 1898, and remained in operation until 1917. The community was named after Billie Lawing, a pioneer citizen.
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