Lamar County is a county in the West Central region the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,500. The county seat is Barnesville.

History

The Georgia General Assembly proposed the constitutional amendment to create the county on August 17, 1920, and the citizens of the state voted in favor of the amendment on November 2, 1920. Land from Pike County and Monroe County was then transferred to create Lamar County. Lamar County was named after Confederate Democrat Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 186 sqmi, of which 184 sqmi is land and 2.3 sqmi (1.3%) is water. It is located in the Piedmont region of the state. The western third of Lamar County, west of a line from Orchard Hill through Milner and Barnesville, is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The eastern majority of the county is located in the Upper Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin.

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Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 18,500 people, 6,494 households, and 3,746 families residing in the county.

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Education

All of the county is in the Lamar County School District.