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Lamar County
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county in Texas, United States
Lamar County is a county located in Texas in the United States. It is part of the state's regional geography and local government structure.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Mirabeau B. Lamar
- Seat
- Paris
- Largest city
- Paris
- Total
- 933 sq mi (2,420 km )
- Land
- 907 sq mi (2,350 km )
- Water
- 26 sq mi (67 km ) 2.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 51,503
- Density
- 55.2/sq mi (21.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .co .lamar .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 50088
- Area
- 2415
- Official website
- www.co.lamar.tx.us
- Image
- DowntownParis,Texas.jpg
- Households
- 19995
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- Commons category
- Lamar County, Texas
- inception
- 1841-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 2.8
- native label
- Lamar County
- per capita income
- 24826
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Lamar County (/ləˈmɑːr/) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, in the Northeast Texas region. As of the 2020 census, its population was 50,088. Its county seat is Paris. The county was formed by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 17, 1840, and organized the next year. It is named for Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas. Lamar County comprises the Paris, TX micropolitan statistical area.
Geography