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The Fifth Congress established the new county on December 17, 1840, and named it after Mirabeau B. Lamar, [5] who was the first Vice President and the second President of the Republic of Texas. Map of the city in 1885. Lamar County was one of the 18 Texas counties that voted against secession on February 23, 1861. [6]
The oldest continuous site still inhabited by a county courthouse is in Liberty County, where its courthouse has stood—although rebuilt—since 1831. [15] In 1971 and 1972, two Texas Courthouse Acts were passed, which require the county to notify the Texas Historical Commission (THC) of any plans to remodel or destroy historic courthouses. [16]
Lamar County (/ l ə ˈ m ɑː r /) 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. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Paris . [ 2 ]
Lamar County: 277: Paris: 1840: Red River County: Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, the third president of the Republic of Texas (1838–1842) 51,127: 917 sq mi (2,375 km 2) Lamb County: 279: Littlefield: 1876: Bexar County: George A. Lamb, who died at the Battle of San Jacinto 12,711: 1,016 sq mi (2,631 km 2) Lampasas County: 281: Lampasas: 1856
Paris Commercial Historic District (Paris, Texas), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lamar County, Texas Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Paris Commercial Historic District .
Location of Lamar County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lamar County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lamar County, Texas. There are three districts and 38 individual properties listed on the National ...
The Lamar County Historical Museum is a local history museum that documents Lamar County, Texas, and its county seat, Paris. It is located on West Kaufman Street in an area of Paris known as Heritage Park, where it is situated immediately south of Heritage Hall. [1] [2] The museum is operated by the Lamar County Historical Society. [3]
After Hopkins County was created by the Texas Legislature in 1846, Tarrant was initially designated as the county seat, and a courthouse was constructed there in 1853. In 1868, during the Reconstruction Era, the United States military moved the county seat to Sulphur Springs, which was at the time known as Bright Star. In 1882, Hopkins County ...