Lamar County - Georgia
County Courthhouse
County Seat: Barnesville
Incorporated: August 17, 1920
Population: 15,912
Total Area: 184.8 Square miles
Lamar County was created in 1920 from portions of Monroe and Pike counties and is named for Lucius Quintus Cinncinatus Lamar, a Confederate Army colonel, Secretary of the Interior under Grover Cleveland, and a Supreme Court Justice. It was the 158th county created.
The history of Barnesville includes a period in which the city was designated "Buggy Capital of the World." Around the turn of the century, Barnesville had four buggy companies.
