page_title: Lamar County, Texas
hierarchical_section_title: Lamar County, Texas
caption_attribution_description: English: The Lamar County Courthouse located in Paris, Texas, United States. The courthouse was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 2000.
context_page_description: Lamar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, in the Northeast Texas region. As of the 2010 census, its population was 49,891. Its county seat is Paris. The county was formed by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 17, 1840 and organized the next year. It is named for Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas.
  Lamar County comprises the Paris, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area.
  The majority-white population supported the Democratic Party well into the late 20th century, when it was nearly a one-party state, but in the early 21st century, most have shifted to the Republican Party. Lamar County is now represented in the Texas House of Representatives by Gary VanDeaver of New Boston.
context_section_description: Lamar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, in the Northeast Texas region. As of the 2010 census, its population was 49,891. Its county seat is Paris. The county was formed by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 17, 1840 and organized the next year. It is named for Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas.
  Lamar County comprises the Paris, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area.
  The majority-white population supported the Democratic Party well into the late 20th century, when it was nearly a one-party state, but in the early 21st century, most have shifted to the Republican Party. Lamar County is now represented in the Texas House of Representatives by Gary VanDeaver of New Boston.
caption: The Lamar County Courthouse in Paris
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