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Lamar County Resource Offices
Alabama Cooperative Extension System 205-695-7139  
Forestry Commission 205-695-7530  
Natural Resource Conservation Service/Farm Service Agency 205-695-7622  
Soil and Water Conservation Committee 205-695-7622  
United States Forest Service 334-832-4470  

                 

Office Name Phone
President Jimmy Butler (205) 695-6448
Vice President Wayne Baines (205) 695-9170
Secretary  Robert Howry (205) 695-6743
Treasurer Robert Howry (205) 695-6743
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Regional Dir L.C. Steedley (205) 662-3319
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Lamar County was created by the Alabama legislature on 1867 Feb. 4, and was originally named Jones County after E.P. Jones, a resident of Fayette County. On 1867 Nov. 13, the county was abolished. On 1868 Oct. 8, the county was re-created under the name of Sanford County. On 1877 Feb. 8, the name was changed to Lamar in honor of Senator L.Q.C. Lamar of Mississippi. Lamar County is bordered by Marion, Fayette, and Pickens counties in Alabama, and by Lowndes and Monroe counties in Mississippi. The county is drained by the Tombigbee River.

In 1866, the community known as Swayne courthouse, named for Gen. Wager Swayne, military governor of the Chattahoochee District of the state, was designated as the county seat. In 1868 the name was changed to Vernon, after Edmund Vernon, an immigrant from Vernon, England. Other towns and communities include Sulligent, Beaverton, and Millport.

Authorities:
Foscue, Virginia O. Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1989.

Owen, Thomas McAdory. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1921.

 

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Most Recent Revision: 05/07/07