Welcome to Lamar ...Lamar is located in Randolph County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Lamar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844. Lamar is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Lamar lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Lamar (for example, toward Ephesus (GA)), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Communities Also Named Lamar ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Lamar - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia (2), Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lamar. Communities near Lamar ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lamar.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lamar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lamar. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lamar. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lamar. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lamar. See our Newspapers Page for Lamar. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lamar ...Looking for more information about Lamar? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lamar, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lamar. Adding Lamar to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lamar in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lamar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lamar. Footnotes ...
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