First, verify that your address is correct. Review the verification/notification
card you received in the mail. Is your name, current address,
and the picture of your residence or business correct? If
it is correct, then the address in blue text is your new
E911 address. You may now update whatever utility, billing,
or services that require a current mailing address.
If your name, current address, or picture of your residence or business
is not correct, then contact Lawrence County E911 Addressing by
email: address@lawrence911.com
or call 618-945-7119 M-F 9am-5pm and your address will be corrected.
INFORMATION REGARDING E911 ADDRESS NUMBER SIGNS SUMNER AREA
( ADDRESSES OUTSIDE A MUNICIPALITY )
To maintain conformity and reduce the public burden, ALL rural Sumner
area
zip code address number signs will be premade with the address number
printed on both sides of the sign. The address number signs can
be purchased at cost for approximately $7. Addressing signs
will be made available for those residents outside of a municipality
in the 62466, 62421, and 62476 zip codes soon.
These address signs meet ETSB and Lawrence County rural addressing
regulations. The address signs will be sold at cost for $7.
In summary, the Lawrence County Ordinance 2008-14 states that within
60 days after the receipt of notification of a new E911 address,
the owner or occupant of that address must affix the number to the
structure if visible from the road, or to a sign or number post
if not visible from the road, in such a manner that the numbers
can be clearly
seen day or night. If the address sign needs to be located at the
entrance to the structure from the road, it must be located on the
same side of the road. There are restrictions on number height,
3 inches minimum, and must have a contrasting background color.
Addresses outside a municipality must use 3 inch high reflective
numbers with a contrasting background color assigned by the fire
district in which the structure is located.
Rural (outside a municipality) address sign examples:
(Lawrence Allison FD - 3 inch high reflective
white numbers with red background)
Example:
Lawrence Allison Fire District ( 18" high x 6"
wide )
(Bridgeport FD - 3 inch high reflective white numbers with royal
blue background)
Example:
Bridgeport Fire District ( 18" high x 6" wide
)
(Denison FD - 3 inch high reflective black numbers with orange
background)
Example:
Denison Fire District ( 18" high x 6" wide )
(Christy FD - 3 inch high reflective white numbers with green background)
Example:
Christy Fire District ( 18" high x 6" wide
)
Lawrence County E.T.S.B. Addressing Authority
Rural Address Sign Conformity Regulations:
Rural address signs must have the background
color and address number on
BOTH SIDES so that it can be clearly seen from either direction
from the roadway.
Address sign posts must not be placed within any county or township
right-of-way.
Place the sign post at or on the right-of-way line. Right-of-ways
vary from township to township. Contact your township supervisor
if unsure. Most right-of-ways are at least 10 feet from the
edge of the roadway. You may need to contact JULIE INC for
buried cable locates at 1-800-892-0123 or visit Ilinois1call.com
to request online before you dig or place your sign post into the
ground. Many areas have fiber optic, telephone lines, gas, water,
or electrical lines buried within or near road right-of-ways.
Address signs must be placed on the same side of the
road no more than twenty feet
( 20' ) from either direction of the drive way entrance.
Address signs must be eighteen inches ( 18" ) by six inches
( 6" ) in size.
The bottom edge of the address sign must be at least three feet
( 3' ) above ground and not to exceed four ( 4' ) feet above ground.
Multiple residents with one private drive way must
post a sign at the road entrance that shows the beginning and ending
address numbers ( Example: 1000 - 1010 ) and post each individual
address number at each residence. Contact Lawrence County
E911 for these special entrance signs.
Lawrence Allison Fire District ( 18" high x 6"
wide ) 
Bridgeport Fire District ( 18" high x 6" wide
)
Denison Fire District ( 18" high x 6" wide )
Christy Fire District ( 18" high x 6" wide
)
