Lamar, Wisconsin | |
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Coordinates: 45°25′33″N92°34′13″W / 45.42583°N 92.57028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wisconsin |
County | Polk |
Elevation | 371 m (1,217 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
GNIS feature ID | 1577689 [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]
Polk County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,977. Its county seat is Balsam Lake. The county was created in 1853.
Lamar County 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.
Lamar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,222. Its county seat is Purvis. Named for Confederate Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, the county was carved out of Marion County to the west in 1904.
Lamar County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,500. The county seat is Barnesville.
Lamar is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Prowers County, Colorado. The city population was 7,687 at the 2020 United States Census. The city was named after L.Q.C. Lamar, a slaveholder, Confederate soldier and diplomat who wrote the Mississippi Secession Ordinance, and after the Civil War, went on to serve as Secretary of the Interior and as a Supreme Court Justice.
Lamar is a city in and the county seat of Barton County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 4,266. It is known as the birthplace of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States.
Rosenberg is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area and Fort Bend County. Rosenberg was named for Henry Von Rosenberg who emigrated to Texas from Switzerland in 1843. Von Rosenberg was an important figure in the settlement of Fort Bend County and the Gulf Coast region. The population was 38,282 at the 2020 census, up from 30,618 at the 2010 census. The community holds the Fort Bend County fair in October. Rosenberg is adjacent to the city of Richmond, the Fort Bend County seat.
Cudahy is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 18,204 at the 2020 census.
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II was an American politician, diplomat, and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in both houses of Congress, served as the United States Secretary of the Interior, and was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He also served as an official in the Confederate States of America.
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was an American attorney, politician, and poet. He was a leading political figure during the Texas Republic era. He was elected as the second President of the Republic of Texas after Sam Houston. He was known for waging war against bands of Cherokee and Comanche peoples to push them out of Texas, and for establishing a fund to support public education.
St. Croix Falls is a town in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,119 at the 2000 census. The City of St. Croix Falls is located within the town. The unincorporated community of Lamar is located in the town.
St. Croix Falls is a city in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,208 at the 2020 census. The city is located within the Town of St. Croix Falls.
Lamar or Lamarr is a word with multiple origins that may refer to:
From January 24 to June 6, 2000, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 2000 United States presidential election. Texas Governor George W. Bush was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2000 Republican National Convention held from July 31 to August 3, 2000, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ashton is an unincorporated community located in the town of Springfield, in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The community was named after Thomas Ashton, the president of the British Temperance Emigration Society.
Lamar is an unincorporated community in Mercer and Wyoming counties, West Virginia, United States. Lamar is 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Matoaka. It was also known as Algonquin.
Hatchville is an unincorporated community located in the towns of Lucas and Weston in Dunn County, Wisconsin, Spring Lake in Pierce County, Wisconsin, and Cady in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States. The community was named for two brothers, Frank and Ed Hatch, who owned and operated a combined store and community center. Frank Hatch opened the post office in November 1889.
Halder is an unincorporated community located in the town of Emmet, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. The community was named for George Halder, a Wausau, Wisconsin alderman. The post office was established in July 1887.
Kalinke is an unincorporated community located in the town of Easton, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. The community is named for Gottlieb Kalinke, the farmer who had owned the land surrounding the community.
Kingsley Corners is an unincorporated community in the town of Springfield, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located at the corner of Kingsley Road and Woodland Drive, just west of the Village of Waunakee. The community is named for Saxton P. Kingsley, who began farming in the area in 1856. The name has fallen out of use with people in the area.