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We found 22 communities that are also named Lamar.
Within West Virginia, the name Lamar is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of 22 communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Randolph County
This Lamar is located in Randolph County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Lamar.
Arkansas
Johnson County
This Lamar is located in Johnson County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the west of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Lamar.
Colorado
Prowers County
This Lamar is located in Prowers County and lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the west of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prowers County community of Lamar.
Georgia
Baker County
This Lamar is located in Baker County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Lamar.
Sumter County
This Lamar is located in Sumter County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km] to the south southwest of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Lamar.
Indiana
Spencer County
This Lamar is located in Spencer County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the west of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spencer County community of Lamar.
Kansas
Ottawa County
This Lamar is located in Ottawa County and lies 888 miles [1,429.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Lamar.
Louisiana
Franklin Parish
This Lamar is located in Franklin Parish and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin Parish community of Lamar.
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
This Lamar is located in Benton County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Lamar.
Missouri
Barton County
This Lamar is located in Barton County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the west of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Lamar.
Nebraska
Chase County
This Lamar is located in Chase County and lies 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chase County community of Lamar.
North Carolina
Alleghany 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 North Carolina community of Lamar [Alleghany County].
Oklahoma
Hughes County
This Lamar is located in Hughes County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the west of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hughes County community of Lamar.
Pennsylvania
Clinton County
This Lamar is located in Clinton County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Lamar.
South Carolina
Darlington County
This Lamar is located in Darlington County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Lamar.
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
This Lamar is located in Aransas County and lies 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aransas County community of Lamar.
Shelby County
This Lamar is located in Shelby County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km] to the west southwest of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Lamar.
Washington
Walla Walla County
This Lamar is located in Walla Walla County and lies 1,987 miles [3,197.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walla Walla County community of Lamar.
Wisconsin
Polk County
This Lamar is located in Polk County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lamar that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Lamar.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lamar ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lamar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lamar and extending to:
Princeton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lamar to Princeton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 252 miles [405.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,140 miles [9,881.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,850 miles [11,024 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,726 miles [7,605.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lamar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Lamar to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lamar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4540, Longitude: -81.3048 In this case, the coordinates for Lamar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.479 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.173 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.009 degrees.