Lamont or LaMont may refer to:
People
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Lamont (name) Lamont (, sometimes ), also spelt LaMont (), is a surname with several origins, one Scottish, with a branch in Ulster, the other French.
In some cases the surname originates in Scotland as Clan Lamont. The name is derived from the medieval perso ...
, people with the surname or given name ''Lamont'' or ''LaMont''
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Clan Lamont, a Scottish clan
Places
Canada
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Lamont, Alberta
Lamont is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located east of Edmonton at the junction of Highway 15 and Highway 831.
History
Settlement began in the 1880s. The area's location along the Victoria Trail, which was used by travellers betw ...
, a town in Canada
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Lamont County
Lamont County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada, located in Census Division No. 10, northeast of Edmonton. The county contains 27 Townships. Its municipal office is located in the Town of Lamont.
History
In March 1944, th ...
, a municipal district in Alberta
United States
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Lamont, California
Lamont is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Lamont is located south-southeast of downtown Bakersfield, at an elevation of . The population was 15,120 at the 2010 census, up from 13,296 at the 2000 censu ...
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Lamont, Florida
Lamont is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 170.
Geography
Lamont is located on the eastern edge of Jefferson County at (30.37694 ...
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Lamont, Iowa
Lamont is a city in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 429 at the time of the 2020 census.
History
Lamont was first settled in 1852. A post office was established here in 1875. The Chicago Great Western Railway made it a s ...
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Lamont, Kansas
Lamont is an unincorporated community in northeastern Greenwood County, Kansas, United States. It is located approximately 5.5 miles east of the city of Madison along K-58 highway.
History
Lamont was laid out in about 1889. It was previousl ...
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Lamont, Kentucky
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Lamont, Nebraska Lamont is an unincorporated community in Dundy County, Nebraska, United States.
History
A post office was established at Lamont in 1893, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1934. The community is like named for Daniel Scott ...
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Lamont, Oklahoma
Lamont is a town in Grant County, Oklahoma, United States, situated along the Salt Fork Arkansas River. The population was 417 at the 2010 census, a decline of 10.3 percent from the figure of 465 in 2000.
Geography
Lamont is located at (36.691164 ...
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Lamont, Washington
Lamont is a town in Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 70 at the 2010 census.
History
Lamont was officially incorporated on October 22, 1910. The town was named for former vice president of the Northern Pacific Railw ...
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Lamont, Wisconsin
Lamont is a town in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 314 at the 2010 census, up from 267 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Lamont is located in the town.
Geography
Lamont is in the eastern part ...
, a town
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Lamont (community), Wisconsin
Lamont is an unincorporated community in the town of Lamont, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States.
James U. Goodman (1872-1953), farmer, businessman, and politician, lived in the town of Lamont; he served chairman of theLamont Town Boar ...
, an unincorporated community
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Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
The Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) is the scientific research center of the Columbia Climate School, and a unit of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. It focuses on climate and earth sciences and is located on a 189-acre ( ...
, New York
Music
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Lamont Harp
The Lamont Harp, or Clàrsach Lumanach (also known as the Caledonian Harp or Lude Harp) is a Scottish Clarsach currently displayed in the National Museum of Scotland. It is believed to date back to the 15th century, and to have originated in Arg ...
, one of only three surviving medieval Gaelic harps
Other uses
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Lamont (lunar crater)
Lamont is a system of low ridges in the surface of Mare Tranquillitatis that is most likely a submerged impact crater. It was named after Scottish-born German astronomer Johann von Lamont
Johann von Lamont, FRSE (13 December 1805 – 6 Augus ...
, a crater on the Moon
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Lamont (Martian crater)
Lamont is a crater in the Thaumasia quadrangle of Mars, located at 58.6°S latitude and 113.6°W longitude. It is 76.0 kilometers in diameter. It was named after German astronomer Johann von Lamont
Johann von Lamont, FRSE (13 December 1 ...
, a crater on Mars
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Lamont Gallery
The Lamont Gallery is a non-profit art gallery located on the campus of Phillips Exeter Academy, in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. It primarily showcases visiting exhibitions of local, national and international acclaimed artists, along w ...
, an art gallery in Exeter, New Hampshire
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Lamonts
Lamonts was a chain of department stores founded in Seattle, Washington. The chain was started in 1970 when Pay 'n Save renamed its suburban branches of Rhodes, a department store chain the company acquired in 1965. Lamonts remained a division o ...
, a chain department store
See also
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Lamonte (disambiguation)
LaMonte, Lamonte or La Monte may refer to the following people:
Surname
* Bob LaMonte, American sports agent
* Collene Lamonte, American politician from Michigan
* Francesca LaMonte (1895–1982), American ichthyologist
* Karen LaMonte (born 1967 ...
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