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Although George W. Wright is often considered the first permanent settler in the
area, his family settled downriver at Pecan Point in 1816 and did not actually
move to the future Lamar County until 1839. The area of present Lamar County was
within the boundaries of Red River County at the time of the Republic of Texas. |
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By 1840 population growth necessitated a new county, and legislation
was introduced by representatives from Red River County. Wright, who
had served in the Third Congress as a representative from Red River
County, was a major promoter of the founding of Lamar County, which
was established by act of the Fifth Congress of the republic on
December 17, 1840, and organized by election on February 1, 1841. At
the time, the county included much of what is now Delta County. |
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In 1870 Delta County was formed, and Lamar County was reduced to its
present size. The county was named for Mirabeau B. Lamar, the fourth
president of the Republic of Texas. The original county seat was
Lafayette, a small settlement located several miles northwest of the
site of present-day Paris. On June 22, 1841, forty acres of land was
donated by John Watson for building a proper county seat, but though
the town was platted, no lots were ever sold. The county court
continued to meet at Lafayette, however, until the Texas Congress
passed a law in 1842 requiring that each county seat be located
within five miles of the geographic center of the county. Mount
Vernon was made Lamar county seat in 1843, but again no courthouse
was built. In 1844 Wright, who had purchased 1,000 acres near the
settlement of Pinhook, offered to donate fifty acres to the county
for a townsite if the county commissioners would make it the county
seat. The offer was accepted, and the new town was named Paris. The
first term of the county court was held there on April 29, 1844.
Paris is still the county seat. |
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Cities and towns
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Arthur City (unincorporated)
Blossom
Brookston (unincorporated)
Chicota (unincorporated)
Cunningham (unincorporated)
Deport (partly in Red River County)
Paris
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Pattonville (unincorporated)
Petty (unincorporated)
Powderly (unincorporated)
Reno
Roxton
Sumner (unincorporated)
Sun Valley
Toco
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