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Lamar is an unincorporated community in Mercer and Wyoming counties, West Virginia, United States. Lamar is 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Matoaka. It was also known as Algonquin.

Lamar, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°27′14″N 81°18′17″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Mercer and Wyoming
Elevation	2,713 ft (827 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1554904[1]

The community most likely was named after the Lamar family.[2]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lamar, West Virginia
Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 358.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Mercer County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Princeton
Cities	Bluefield Princeton	Mercer County map
Towns	Athens Bramwell Oakvale
CDPs	Bluewell Brush Fork Lashmeet Matoaka Montcalm
Other communities	Ada Arista Barn Beeson Black‡ Bluestone Camp Creek Cashers Hill Ceres Chestnut Knob Coaldale Coopers Crystal Dott Duhring Dunns Eads Mill Edison Egeria‡ Elgood Flat Top Flipping Gardner Gardner Junction Giatto Glenwood Godfrey Goodwill Green Valley Hardy Hatcher Hiawatha Ingleside Johnston Town Kale Kegley Kellysville Lake Shawnee Lamar‡ Lerona Lilly Grove Littlesburg Lorton Lick Lovern Maple Acre Maple View McComas Melrose Micajah Midway Mount Olive Nemours New Hope Oak Grove Pettry Piedmont Pinoak Rock Sandlick Smokeless Spanishburg Speedway Springton Weyanoke Wolfe Yards‡
Ghost town	Widemouth
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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v t e Municipalities and communities of Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Pineville
City	Mullens	Map of West Virginia highlighting Wyoming County
Towns	Oceana Pineville
CDPs	Brenton Bud Corinne Covel Glen Fork Itmann Kopperston Matheny New Richmond
Unincorporated communities	Allen Junction Alpoca Baileysville Beechwood Black‡ Black Eagle Campus Clear Fork Coal Mountain Crany Cub City Cyclone Devils Fork‡ Edith Fanny Fanrock Garwood Glen Rogers Glover Hanover Herndon Ikes Fork Iroquois Jesse Key Rock Lacoma Lamar‡ Lillydale Lillyhaven Long Branch Lynco Maben Marianna McGraws Milam Montecarlo Mullensville North Spring Nuriva Otsego Pierpont Ravencliff Rock View Sabine Saulsville Simon Steeles Stephenson Sun Hill Toney Fork Tralee Uno Windom Wolf Pen Wyco Wyoming
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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