is open throughout the winter months (weather permitting). Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg (formerly Argosy Casino) is found in Lawrenceburg, and is the closest Indiana riverboat casino to downtown Cincinnati. Education The Lawrenceburg School District consists of the Lawrenceburg Primary School, Central Elementary, Greendale Middle School, Lawrenceburg Highschool and St. Lawrence Catholic School. The city has a free lending library, the Lawrenceburg Public Library District. Lawrenceburg residents may also obtain a library card at the Aurora Public Library in Aurora. Notable people Henry Ward Beecher, minister and abolitionist, had his first church here in the 1830s. Henry G. Blasdel, first Governor of Nevada; born near Lawrenceburg. George P. Buell, Union general during the Civil War. Winfield T. Durbin, 25th Governor of Indiana; born in Lawrenceburg. James B. Eads, engineer and inventor; born in Lawrenceburg. James H. Lane, Union general during the Civil War and U.S. Senator from Kansas; born in Lawrenceburg. Gunnar Garfors, record-breaking traveler, was an exchange student in Lawrenceburg. Nick Goepper, freestyle skier for Olympic Team USA, bronze medalist in the first-time slopestyle event, Sochi, 2014, contributing to the third-ever American sweep of the podium in a winter Olympics. Goepper went on to win the silver medal for USA in the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang and 2022 Olympics in Beijing. Billy McCool, MLB All-Star pitcher, was raised in Lawrenceburg. Albert G. Porter, 19th Governor of Indiana from 1881 to 1885. John Coit Spooner, Wisconsin politician and lawyer, was born in Lawrenceburg. Alfred Wilson, lumber baron and second husband of Matilda Dodge Wilson, widow of automobile pioneer John Dodge. Together Alfred and Matilda built the Meadowbrook Mansion which today is a national landmark. See also List of cities and towns along the Ohio River Whitewater Canal References External links City of Lawrenceburg, Indiana website City-Data.com Cities in Indiana Indiana populated places on the Ohio River Cities in Dearborn County, Indiana County seats in Indiana 1802 establishments in Indiana Territory Populated places established in 1802