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Welcome to Lamar ...

Lamar is located in Franklin Parish<1>.

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

Lamar is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lamar lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Lamar: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Lamar ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Lamar - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia (2), Indiana, Kansas, 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.

  • Winnsboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Rayville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Delhi
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Delhi is located in Richland Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,753 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delhi <4>
  • Mangham
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Gilbert
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Baskin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Crowville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Baskinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Baskinton is located in Franklin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskinton
  • Swampers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Swampers is located in Franklin Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampers
  • Dunn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Dunn is located in Richland Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn

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.<5>

From that list, the Lamar post office opened in 1886. The Lamar post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lamar.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lamar - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Lamar area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Lamar area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/