The township of St Lawrence was originally established to maintain the Customs Office for the Port of St Lawrence.

The St Lawrence State School opened on 28 May 1871.

The St Lawrence Library opened in 2001.

At the 2006 census, St Lawrence and the surrounding area had a population of 195.

St Lawrence was the administrative centre of the Shire of Broadsound until 2008, when the shire was amalgamated with the Shire of Belyando and the Shire of Nebo to form the Isaac Region local government area.
Moranbah is the administrative centre of the new region but the former Broadsound Shire offices  at 36 Macartney Street are still used as the local offices of the Isaac Regional Council.
The building was described in 2004 as "a disarmingly elegant building which seems quite out of place in this otherwise undistinguished town".

In the 2011 census, St Lawrence had a population of 396 people.

Once a prosperous port town, exporting cattle from the hinterland, many residents are now DIDO coal miners.
The township of St Lawrence was originally established to maintain the Customs Office for the Port of St Lawrence.
The St Lawrence State School opened on 28 May 1871.
The St Lawrence Library opened in 2001.
At the 2006 census, St Lawrence and the surrounding area had a population of 195.
St Lawrence was the administrative centre of the Shire of Broadsound until 2008, when the shire was amalgamated with the Shire of Belyando and the Shire of Nebo to form the Isaac Region local government area. Moranbah is the administrative centre of the new region but the former Broadsound Shire offices  at 36 Macartney Street are still used as the local offices of the Isaac Regional Council. The building was described in 2004 as "a disarmingly elegant building which seems quite out of place in this otherwise undistinguished town".
In the 2011 census, St Lawrence had a population of 396 people.
Once a prosperous port town, exporting cattle from the hinterland, many residents are now DIDO coal miners.
St Lawrence, Queensland