Lamar is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
in
Porter Township in southern
Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
*Counties named for George Clinton, first and third Governor of New York, and later the fourth Vice President of the United States:
**Clinton County, New York
** Clinton County, Ohio
*Counties named for DeWitt Clinton, ...
,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. As of the
2010 census the population was 562.
The community is located along
Pennsylvania Route 64 in southern Clinton County and is bordered on the west by
Nittany in
Walker Township,
Centre County
Centre County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,172. Its county seat is Bellefonte. Centre County comprises the State College, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The lands ...
. PA 64 leads northeast to Exit 173 on
Interstate 80 and to
Lock Haven
Lock Haven is the county seat of Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Located near the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Creek, it is the principal city of the Lock Haven Micropolitan Statistical Area ...
, the Clinton County seat, and southwest through Nittany to
State College.
The community is named for Revolutionary War Major Marien Lamar, who was killed in the
Battle of Paoli
The Battle of Paoli (also known as the Battle of Paoli Tavern or the Paoli Massacre) was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on September 20, 1777, in the area surrounding present-day Malvern, Pennsylva ...
, as stated in the "History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania" by John Blair Linn. Major Lamar is believed to have been born near
Frederick, Maryland
Frederick is a city in and the county seat of Frederick County, Maryland. It is part of the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area. Frederick has long been an important crossroads, located at the intersection of a major north–south Native ...
, either in Maryland or nearby Pennsylvania.
Demographics
References
External links
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Census-designated places in Clinton County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania
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