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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Lamar County 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. Its county seat is Paris. The county was formed by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 17, 1840, and organized the next year. It is named for Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas. Lamar County comprises the Paris, TX micropolitan statistical area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1838 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1841 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1841 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1863 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 3,978
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| 1860 | 10,136
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| 1870 | 15,790
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| 1880 | 27,193
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| 1890 | 37,302
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| 1900 | 48,627
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| 1910 | 46,544
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| 1920 | 55,742
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| 1930 | 48,529
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| 1940 | 50,425
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| 1950 | 43,033
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| 1960 | 34,234
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| 1970 | 36,062
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| 1980 | 42,156
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| 1990 | 43,949
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