Municipal · Colorado

City of Lamar

Lamar is the home rule municipality that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Prowers County, Colorado. The city population was 7,687 at the 2020 United States census. 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. Lamar is the home of Lamar Community College, and is the largest city in southeastern Colorado.

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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)

Census ID (PID6): 161405
FIPS state: 08
FIPS county: 099
FIPS place: 43110
Census record name: CITY OF LAMAR
Mailing address: 102 E PARMENTER ST, LAMAR 81052