Lamar County, Mississippi

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Lamar County is a county located in the state of Mississippi. As of 2000, the population is 39,070. Its county seat is Purvis6.

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County - State - Mississippi - 2000 - County seat - Purvis - ⁶

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Named for the post-Civil War Mississippi statesman Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, the county was carved out of Marion County to the west in 1904. It remained largely a rural county until the last decades of the 20th Century, when retail and residential growth of nearby Hattiesburg (in Forrest County, to the east) spilled over the county lines.

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Civil War - Mississippi - Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar - Marion County - 1904 - Hattiesburg - Forrest County

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