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Lamar County, Mississippi

Lamar County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

 

County Seat: Purvis
Year Organized: 1904
Square Miles: 497		 Court House:

P.O. Box 1240
County Courthouse
Purvis, MS 39475-1240
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Lamar is named for U.S. Secretary of the Interior Lucius Q.C. Lamar. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (September 17, 1825 – January 23, 1893) was an American politician and jurist from Mississippi. A United States Representative and Senator, he also served as United States Secretary of the Interior in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland, as well as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Lamar County was created March 13, 1904, from the second judicial district of Marion County and the northern part of Pearl River County. It received its name in honor of the great man and the Supreme Court Justice of the United States, L.Q.C. Lamar. Purvis is the county seat.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 500 square miles (1,296 kmē), of which, 497 square miles (1,287 kmē) of it is land and 3 square miles (9 kmē) of it (0.68%) is water.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Covington County (north)
  • Forrest County (east)
  • Pearl River County (south)
  • Marion County (west)
  • Jefferson Davis County (northwest)
Cities and Towns:
- Lumberton city Incorporated Area
- Purvis (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Sumrall town Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."
 

 

 

 

 
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