Welcome to Lamont ...

So far, we found very little information about Lamont. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lamont to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lamont, please Contact Us.

Lamont would have been located within present day Lamar County<2>.

The location of Lamont has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lamont, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lamont is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Lamont was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Lamont still existed, it would have been in the (770) area code.

Communities Also Named Lamont ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Lamont: This one is located in Lamar County and the other is located in Monroe County.

Beyond Georgia, there are 29 communities that are also named Lamont - they are located in Alabama (2), Alaska, Alberta, Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Idaho, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lamont.

Communities near Lamont ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lamont.

• Griffin
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
  • Griffin is located in Spalding County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,665 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Griffin <5>
• Thomaston
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomaston
  • Thomaston is located in Upson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,770 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thomaston <5>
• Barnesville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
  • Barnesville is located in Lamar County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,669 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnesville <5>
• Forsyth
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
  • Forsyth is located in Monroe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,312 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsyth <5>
• Lincoln Park
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
• Zebulon
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
  • Zebulon is located in Pike County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,223 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zebulon <5>
• Russellville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russellville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
  • Russellville is located in Monroe County
• Milner
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
  • Milner is located in Lamar County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 641 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milner <5>
• Williamson
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamson
  • Williamson is located in Pike County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamson <5>
• Concord
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Concord is located in Pike County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <5>

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 Lamont. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lamont.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lamont. 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 Lamont.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lamont. See our Newspapers Page for Lamont.

Adding Lamont to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lamont in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lamont was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lamont post office opened in 1886.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lamont.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/