Lawler is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Equality Township, Gallatin County,

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, United States. The community has the name of

Michael Kelly Lawler Michael Kelly Lawler (November 16, 1814 – July 26, 1882) was a volunteer militia soldier in the Black Hawk War 1831–1832, an officer in the United States Army in both the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. In the latter conf ...

, a General in the

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Unincorporated communities in Gallatin County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois {{GallatinCountyIL-geo-stub