{"id":8069,"date":"2023-09-19T11:21:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T11:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8069"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:07:43","slug":"lamar-county-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lamar-county-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamar County, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lamar County is a county in Texas, United States, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas. It had a<br \/>\npopulation of 50,088 at the 2020 census, an estimated 50,669 by 2024, and covers 933 square miles<br \/>\n(2,420 km2) centred near 33&deg;40&prime;N 95&deg;34&prime;W.<\/p>\n<p>Paris is the county seat and largest city; its postal code is 75460. The county holds 7<br \/>\nincorporated cities, 3 census-designated places and a scatter of unincorporated communities across<br \/>\nNortheast Texas, and it runs on Central Time. Its FIPS code is 48173.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Lamar County<\/h2>\n<p>Lamar County has 12 named places with current Census Bureau or USPS data on file: 7<br \/>\nincorporated cities, 3 census-designated places (CDPs) and 2 unincorporated communities that<br \/>\nstill carry their own ZIP code. A CDP is an unincorporated area the Census Bureau tracks as if it<br \/>\nwere a town; Unincorp. covers a crossroads community with no municipal government and no separate<br \/>\npopulation count.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Paris<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>24,476<\/td>\n<td>75460<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Reno<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>3,454<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powderly<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>1,261<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Blossom<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>1,402<\/td>\n<td>75416<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Deport<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>550<\/td>\n<td>75435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Roxton<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>548<\/td>\n<td>75477<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Petty<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>140<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toco<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>91<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brookston<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>91<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sun Valley<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>70<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arthur City<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>75411<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chicota<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Older maps and county plat records also carry dozens of smaller place names &mdash; Ambia,<br \/>\nBiardstown, Emberson, Faught, Novice, Pattonville, Pin Hook and Tigertown among them. The Census<br \/>\nBureau has never tabulated a separate population for any of them, so they are treated here as<br \/>\nhistoric or informal locales rather than mapped communities with their own data.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>75460 &mdash; Paris (the county&#8217;s main ZIP; Paris also uses 75461 and 75462)<\/li>\n<li>75416 &mdash; Blossom<\/li>\n<li>75435 &mdash; Deport<\/li>\n<li>75477 &mdash; Roxton<\/li>\n<li>75411 &mdash; Arthur City<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reno, Powderly, Petty, Toco, Brookston, Sun Valley and Chicota have no ZIP code of their own;<br \/>\nmail addressed there is delivered under Paris&#8217;s or a neighboring town&#8217;s code.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Lamar County sits in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods, where the Red<br \/>\nRiver forms the county&#8217;s entire northern boundary with Oklahoma. Of its 933 square miles, 907 are<br \/>\nland and 26 are water, about 2.8 percent, and most of that water sits in Pat Mayse Lake. The lake,<br \/>\na US Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on Sanders Creek near Powderly and Chicota, was built for<br \/>\nflood control and is now used for fishing and hunting.<\/p>\n<p>Red River County lies to the east, Delta County to the south, Fannin County to the west, and<br \/>\nChoctaw County, Oklahoma sits across the Red River to the north. <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/red-river-county\/\">Red River County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/delta-county-texas\/\">Delta County<\/a> and <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/fannin-county-texas\/\">Fannin County<\/a> all border Lamar<br \/>\ndirectly.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Lamar County had a population of 50,088 at the 2020 census, and the latest Census Bureau<br \/>\nestimate puts the county near 50,669 residents as of 2024. Paris and Reno are the two largest<br \/>\ncommunities, together holding well over half the county&#8217;s population. Median household income<br \/>\nruns $61,880, below the Texas statewide figure of $75,780 (2023 ACS). Population density works<br \/>\nout to roughly 55 people per square mile of land.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Health care and social assistance employs the most workers in the county, about 3,704 people,<br \/>\nfollowed by retail trade at 3,010 and educational services at 2,614. Essent-PRMC, the county&#8217;s<br \/>\nhospital system, is one of Paris&#8217;s largest employers at around 1,000 workers, followed by a<br \/>\nCampbell Soup Company plant at about 900 and a Kimberly-Clark paper mill at about 800. Turner<br \/>\nIndustries, an industrial contractor, employs roughly 700. Cotton trading once drove the county&#8217;s<br \/>\neconomy; agribusiness and livestock sales remain part of it today, but health care and<br \/>\nmanufacturing have become the leading employers. Paris hosts the Tour de Paris bicycle rally each<br \/>\nJuly.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>The Congress of the Republic of Texas created Lamar County on 17 December 1840, carving it out<br \/>\nof Red River County, and voters organised it on 1 February 1841. It is named for Mirabeau B.<br \/>\nLamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas. The Central National Road, opened in 1844,<br \/>\nran north from Dallas through Paris to a Red River crossing, fixing Paris&#8217;s role as a trade town<br \/>\nfrom the start.<\/p>\n<p>Paris was incorporated in 1845. Fire destroyed much of its downtown three times &mdash; in<br \/>\n1877, 1896 and again in 1916 &mdash; and the town rebuilt each time. Paris was also the site of<br \/>\ndocumented lynchings in 1893 and 1920, a history the city has not erased from its record. An F4<br \/>\ntornado struck the city in 1982, causing extensive damage.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>No interstate highway crosses Lamar County; Paris is the second-largest city in Texas without a<br \/>\nfour-lane divided route connecting directly to one. US Highway 82 and US Highway 271 cross the<br \/>\ncounty, along with State Highways 19 and 24 and Loop 286 around Paris. Drivers heading for the<br \/>\ninterstate system go north on US 271 into Oklahoma to reach the Indian Nation Turnpike and<br \/>\nInterstate 40 at Henryetta.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dallas &mdash; about 100 miles southwest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cox Field, on the west side of Paris, handles general aviation and charter traffic; the<br \/>\nnearest full commercial airport is Dallas Fort Worth International, about 100 miles southwest. No<br \/>\nAmtrak line serves the county &mdash; the rail lines through Paris carry freight only &mdash; and<br \/>\nintercity bus routes connect through Mount Pleasant and Sulphur Springs instead.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Lamar County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in Northeast Texas along the Red River, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas, bordered by<br \/>\nRed River, Delta and Fannin counties and Oklahoma&#8217;s Choctaw County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Lamar County?<\/strong><br \/>\n50,088 at the 2020 census, with a 2024 estimate near 50,669.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Lamar County?<\/strong><br \/>\n933 square miles (2,420 km2), of which 907 square miles are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Lamar County?<\/strong><br \/>\nParis, incorporated in 1845, is the county seat and largest city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and cities are in Lamar County?<\/strong><br \/>\nSeven incorporated cities &mdash; Paris, Reno, Blossom, Deport, Roxton, Toco and Sun Valley<br \/>\n&mdash; plus three census-designated places: Powderly, Petty and Brookston.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Lamar County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n75460 through 75462 for Paris, 75416 for Blossom, 75435 for Deport, 75477 for Roxton and 75411<br \/>\nfor Arthur City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Lamar County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nPat Mayse Lake, a Corps of Engineers reservoir near Powderly, and Paris&#8217;s 65-foot Eiffel Tower<br \/>\nreplica, topped with a red cowboy hat, downtown.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/texas\/\">Towns and<br \/>\nvillages in Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lamar County is a county in Texas, United States, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas. It had a population of 50,088 at the 2020 census, an estimated 50,669 by 2024, and covers 933 square miles (2,420 km2) centred near 33&deg;40&prime;N 95&deg;34&prime;W. Paris is the county seat and largest city; its postal code is 75460. 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