


Location of the newly proposed municipality in Clearfield County in the year 2020.

The population of the new municipality would have been approximately 13,800, surpassing DuBois as the most populous community in the county. However, on August 1, 2017, Lawrence Township supervisors voted 2 to 1 against consolidation with Clearfield. In October 2015, a Clearfield/Lawrence Township Consolidation Committee first convened to discuss a potential merger between Lawrence Township and Clearfield. Lawrence Township borders the borough of Clearfield as well. Lawrence Township borders the townships of Boggs, Bradford, Goshen, Huston, Knox, Pike and Pine in Clearfield County, as well as Benezette and Jay Townships in Elk County to the north. The population was 7,503 at the 2020 census. Lawrence Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States.
