Do you know of Lamar ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lamar. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Lamar.<1>

Our sources for Lamar (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Lamar other than they indicate that Lamar would be found somewhere in Alleghany County, North Carolina.

Communities Also Named Lamar ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Lamar.

Within North Carolina, the name Lamar is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Randolph County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Lamar [Randolph County].
- Arkansas
  - Johnson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Lamar [Johnson County].
- Colorado
  - Prowers County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Lamar [Prowers County].
- Georgia
  - Baker County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lamar [Baker County].
  - Sumter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lamar [Sumter County].
- Indiana
  - Spencer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lamar [Spencer County].
- Kansas
  - Ottawa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lamar [Ottawa County].
- Louisiana
  - Franklin Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Lamar [Franklin Parish].
- Michigan
  - Kent County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lamar [Kent County].
- Mississippi
  - Benton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Lamar [Benton County].
- Missouri
  - Barton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Lamar [Barton County].
- Nebraska
  - Chase County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Lamar [Chase County].
- Oklahoma
  - Hughes County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Lamar [Hughes County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Clinton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lamar [Clinton County].
- South Carolina
  - Darlington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lamar [Darlington County].
- Tennessee
  - Rutherford County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lamar [Rutherford County].
  - Shelby County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lamar [Shelby County].
- Texas
  - Aransas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lamar [Aransas County].
  - Shelby County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lamar [Shelby County].
- Washington
  - Walla Walla County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Lamar [Walla Walla County].
- West Virginia
  - Mercer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Lamar [Mercer County].
- Wisconsin
  - Polk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Lamar [Polk County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lamar ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lamar:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lamar - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in Alleghany County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Alleghany County.

Ada	Laura
Amorita
Anna	Miles
	Murray
Baugus
Bledsoe	Napoleon
Boyer	New River
Brooks	Nile
	Nulin
Delphi
	Olney
Elk Creek
Elk Spur	Plainfield
	Prather's Creek
Gap Civil
Geba	Romulus
Glade Creek
Gray	Saddle
	Sheets
Helena
Hilda	Teddy
Horseford
	Vera
Ida
	Ward

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Lamar could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.