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Lamar County
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county in Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- February 8, 1877
- Named after
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
- Seat
- Vernon
- Largest city
- Vernon
- Total
- 605 sq mi (1,570 km )
- Land
- 605 sq mi (1,570 km )
- Water
- 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 13,587
- Density
- 23.1/sq mi (8.92/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .lamarcounty .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 13972
- Area
- 1568
- Official website
- www.lamarcounty.com
- Image
- LamarCoALCourthouse.jpg
- Households
- 5631
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- Commons category
- Lamar County, Alabama
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- inception
- 1867-02-08
- native label
- Lamar County
- per capita income
- 22299
- mean age
- 44.3
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Lamar County (formerly Jones County and Sanford County) is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,972. Its county seat is Vernon and it is a dry county. It is named in honor of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, a former Confederate officer and former member of both houses of the United States Congress from Mississippi.
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