Census Data for Lamar
As far as we can tell, Lamar has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Lamar, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Matoaka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Matoaka is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaka
- Northfork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bramwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Keystone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mullens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pocahontas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Rhodell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rhodell is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodell
- Anawalt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anawalt is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt
- Kimball
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bluefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bluefield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
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- Gary
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gary is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Athens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pineville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Mercer County ...
Lamar is primarily located in Mercer County<2>. A portion of Lamar extends into Wyoming County.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Mercer County.
Miscellaneous Information for Lamar ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Mercer County or the community of Lamar:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Lamar:
- GNIS ID for Lamar: 1554904
- GNIS ID for Mercer County: 1557645
- GNIS ID for State of West Virginia: 1779805
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Lamar is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Lamar.
Footnotes ...
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