Lamar, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Lamar, Pennsylvania

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| map_caption = Location in Clinton County and the state of Pennsylvania.

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|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Clinton

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Porter

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|area_total_km2 = 2.92

|area_land_km2 = 2.89

|area_water_km2 = 0.03

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 561

|population_density_km2 = 194.32

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|timezone_DST = EDT

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|elevation_ft = 795

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|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 16848

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|blank_info = 42-41104

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|blank1_info = 2634235

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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.13

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Lamar is a census-designated place{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html |title=2010 Census |access-date=2016-09-02 }} in Porter Township in southern Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 562.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4241104| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Lamar CDP, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=May 19, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213051827/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4241104| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}

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. PA 64 leads northeast {{convert|1|mi|0}} to Exit 173 on Interstate 80 and {{convert|11|mi}} to Lock Haven, the Clinton County seat, and southwest through Nittany {{convert|23|mi}} to State College.

The community is named for Revolutionary War Major Marien Lamar, who was killed in the Battle of Paoli, as stated in the "History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania" by John Blair Linn. Major Lamar was born in Maryland.