Lamar
Lamar is an unincorporated community in Mercer and Wyoming counties, West Virginia, United States. Lamar is 4 miles northwest of Matoaka. Lamar was initially founded as Algonquin around 1915 by the Algonquin Coal Company, later renamed Lamar in 1930 after the Lamar Colliery Company took ownership of the town.- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 2,710 feet (830 metres)
- Description: human settlement in West Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as“Algonquin”“Lamar, West Virginia”“Lamar, WV”
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Garwood
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Lamar
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Latitude
37.45401° or 37° 27′ 14″ north
Longitude
-81.30482° or 81° 18′ 17″ west
Open location code
869WFM3W+J3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Lamar” goes by many names.
LamarIrish
لامارPersian
لامار، ویرجینیای غربیPersian
لامار، باتی ویرجینیاSouth Azerbaijani
لامار، مغربی ورجینیاUrdu
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