Back لامار (كولورادو) Arabic لامار (برويرز) ARZ لامار، کولورادو AZB Ламар (Колорадо) Bulgarian Lamar (Colorado) Catalan Ламар (Колорадо) CE Lamar (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Colorado) CEB Lamar, Colorado Welsh Lamar (Colorado) German Lamar (Colorado) Spanish
Lamar, Colorado | |
|---|---|
 Main Street facing north in downtown Lamar (2007) | |
 Location with Prowers County and Colorado | |
| Coordinates: 38°05′14″N 102°37′15″W / 38.08722°N 102.62083°W[3] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Prowers County[2] |
| Incorporated | December 5, 1886[4] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home Rule Municipality[1] |
| • Mayor | Kirk Crespin[5] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.29 sq mi (13.70 km2) |
| • Land | 5.27 sq mi (13.65 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,619 ft (1,103 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,687 |
| • Density | 1,500/sq mi (560/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code[8] | 81052 |
| Area code | 719 |
| FIPS code | 08-43110 [3] |
| GNIS ID | 203835 [3] |
| Website | City Website |
Lamar is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Prowers County, Colorado.[3] The city population was 7,687 at the 2020 United States Census.[7] The city was named after Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, a Confederate soldier and diplomat who wrote the Mississippi Secession Ordinance, and after the Civil War, went on to serve as U.S. Secretary of the Interior and U.S. Supreme Court Justice.[9] Lamar is the home of Lamar Community College, and is the largest city in southeastern Colorado.
- ^ a b "Active Colorado Municipalities". State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ "Colorado Counties". State of Colorado, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Lamar, Colorado", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
- ^ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
- ^ "2009 - 2011 City Elected Officials". City of Lamar. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ^ a b United States Census Bureau. "Lamar city; Colorado". Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2007.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Government Printing Office. p. 180.