Lamar, Colorado
| Lamar, Colorado | |
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| Home Rule Municipality | |
Main Street facing north in downtown (2007)
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 Location within Prowers County and Colorado |
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| Coordinates: 38°05′10″N 102°37′10″W / 38.08611°N 102.61944°WCoordinates: 38°05′10″N 102°37′10″W / 38.08611°N 102.61944°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 State of Colorado
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| County | Prowers County Seat |
| Incorporated | December 5, 1886 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Home Rule Municipality |
| • Mayor | Roger Stagner |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.2 sq mi (11 km2) |
| • Land | 4.2 sq mi (11 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,625 ft (1,105 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,804 |
| • Estimate (2014) | 7,608 |
| • Density | 1,900/sq mi (710/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 81052 |
| Area code(s) | 719 |
| FIPS code | 08-43110 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0203835 |
| Website | City Website |
Lamar is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Prowers County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,804 at the 2010 United States Census. The city was named after Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II during the period that he was Secretary of the Interior in the futile hope that the then town would be named as the land office.
The northern site of the Pierre Auger Observatory of ultra-high energy cosmic rays is planned to be built near Lamar.
Lamar is located at 38°5′10″N 102°37′10″W / 38.08611°N 102.61944°W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area 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.
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