Lamar County, Texas

Lamar County
Lamar County
County
	The Lamar County Courthouse in Paris
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 33°40′N 95°34′W / 33.67°N 95.57°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1841
Named for	Mirabeau B. Lamar
Seat	Paris
Largest city	Paris
Area
• Total	933 sq mi (2,420 km2)
• Land	907 sq mi (2,350 km2)
• Water	26 sq mi (70 km2) 2.8%
Population (2020)
• Total	50,088
• Density	54/sq mi (21/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
Website	www.co.lamar.tx.us

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.^[1] Its county seat is Paris.^[2] The county was formed by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 17, 1840, and organized the next year.^[3]^[4] It is named for Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas.^[5] Lamar County comprises the Paris, TX micropolitan statistical area.

^ "Lamar County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^ "Lamar County". Texas Almanac. Texas State Historical Association. May 22, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Government Printing Office. pp. 180.