Lamont (community), Wisconsin

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Lamont, Wisconsin
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Lamont Methodist Church
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Coordinates: 42°42′17″N89°59′07″W / 42.70472°N 89.98528°W / 42.70472; -89.98528
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Lafayette
Town Lamont
Elevation
327 m (1,073 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 608
GNIS feature ID1567819 [1]

Lamont is an unincorporated community in the town of Lamont, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

James U. Goodman (1872-1953), farmer, businessman, and politician, lived in the town of Lamont; he served chairman of theLamont Town Board. [2]

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Lamont Town Hall

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Lamont, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1925,' Biographical Sketch of James Lamont, pg. 667


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