Lamar, Wisconsin

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Lamar, Wisconsin
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Lamar, Wisconsin
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Lamar, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 45°25′33″N92°34′13″W / 45.42583°N 92.57028°W / 45.42583; -92.57028
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Polk
Elevation
371 m (1,217 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1577689 [1]

Lamar is an unincorporated community located in the town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] The community is named for Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, an associate justice on the US Supreme Court and member of Congress. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Lamar, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 148. ISBN   978-0-299-30964-0.