Lamar, Colorado Lamar, Colorado Location inside Prowers County and Colorado Location inside Prowers County and Colorado Country United States State State of Colorado County Prowers County Seat Lamar is a Home Rule Municipality that is the governmental center of county and the most crowded municipality of Prowers County, Colorado, United States. The town/city population was 7,804 at the 2010 United States Census.
The town/city was titled after Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II amid the reconstructionthat he was Secretary of the Interior in the futile hope that the then town would be titled as the territory office.
Lamar is positioned at 38 5 10 N 102 37 10 W.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.2 square miles (11 km2), all land.
Lamar is east of Pueblo, on the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado.
Lamar is antipodal, or globally opposite, to Ile Amsterdam, an island in the southern Indian Ocean, making Lamar one of only three locations in the United States that is opposite another landmass on earth.
Climate data for Lamar, Colorado Averages (1981 2010) Records (2000-2016) In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.1% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,660, and the median income for a family was $32,560.
Lamar is home to Lamar Community College, established in 1937. Lamar receives intercity passenger rail service via Amtrak's Southwest Chief, which runs between Chicago and Los Angeles, stopping twice each day, once in each direction.
US 50.svg US 50 is an east-west highway running from Interstate 80 near West Sacramento, California to an intersection with Maryland State Highway 528 at Ocean City, Maryland.
Colorado 196.svg Prowers County Road 196 (state has abandoned highway) is an 11.4-mile (18.3 km) stretch that joins around Lamar to Wiley.
US 287.svg US 385.svg US 287/385 are two concurrent highways that run south through Lamar.
US 287 runs from Texas State Highway 87 in Port Arthur, Texas to US 89 at Choteau, Montana.
Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Lamar include: Kenneth Kester (1936- ), Colorado state legislator United States portal State of Colorado Colorado metros/cities and suburbs Colorado counties Prowers County, Colorado a b "Active Colorado Municipalities".
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