Lamar is a town in Hughes County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lamar had a population of 118.
History
After the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway (later the Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway (KO&G) constructed a line in 1907 connecting Dustin and Calvin, the Lamar community developed midway between the two towns. A post office was established on July 23, 1907. On September 14, 1907, J. R. Luttrell published the first issue of the weekly Lamar News. Two years later Lamar had a bank, a livery, a cotton gin, a lumberyard, a tin shop, a hardware store, and five general stores. Lamar incorporated on January 2, 1908. In 1909 R. L. Polk's Oklahoma State Gazetteer and Business Directory estimated that Lamar had a population of five hundred. Citizens passed a ten-thousand-dollar bond issue in May 1909 for the construction of a two-story, brick school building, completed in May 1910. Lamar sits at the eastern foot of Lamar Mountain, which rises over the center of town. Lamar drains to the east via Gobbler Creek to the Canadian River.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lamar had a population of 118. The median age was 44.0 years. 16.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 24.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 98.0 males age 18 and over.
There were 55 households in Lamar, of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 47.3% were married-couple households, 29.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 12.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 77 || 65.3%
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| Black or African American || 1 || 0.8%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 27 || 22.9%
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| Asian || 0 || 0.0%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 1 || 0.8%
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| Two or more races || 12 || 10.2%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 2 || 1.7%
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Education
It is in the Moss Public Schools<!--UNI 20460--> school district.