2009 Map of Lamar

About this map

The small settlement of Lamar serves as the focal point for this rural Kansas landscape, where the agricultural grid is defined by the winding paths of several waterways. Pipe Creek and its tributaries, Middle Pipe Creek and East Pipe Creek, carve through the plains, creating the natural drainage patterns that dictate the placement of roads and homesteads. The regularity of the section-line road system, including routes like Cloud Rd and Upland Rd, is interrupted only by these riparian corridors. Local history is anchored by the presence of Oakland Union Cemetery in the north and Fairview Cemetery to the east, which remain key landmarks for genealogical research in this portion of Ottawa County. The map captures a quiet, pastoral era where gravel roads such as Windmill Rd link scattered farmsteads across the prairie.