2015 Map of Lamar

About this map

Lamar anchors this section of the Central Plains, situated in a landscape defined by the branching tributaries of the Solomon River watershed. The geography is characterized by the steady winding of Middle Pipe Cr, E Pipe Cr, and Pipe Cr as they cut through the section lines of the Public Land Survey System. For genealogists and local historians, the presence of the Oakland Union Cem in the north and Fairview Cem further south provides concrete points of reference for the families who settled this border region between Cloud and Ottawa counties. A rigid network of rural routes, including Co RD 388 and Windmill Rd, follows the grid-based settlement pattern typical of the Kansas prairie, connecting isolated homesteads to the small community of Lamar.