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Lamar is a city in and the county seat of Barton County, Missouri, United States. [4] As of the 2020 census, the city population was 4,266. [5] It is known as the birthplace of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States. The city government is consolidated with City Township. [6]
The Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site is a state-owned property in Lamar, Barton County, Missouri, maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, preserving the 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story childhood home of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States. The future president was born here on May 8, 1884, in the ...
Barton County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Missouri.As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,637. [1] Its county seat is Lamar. [2] The county was organized in 1855 and named after U.S. Senator David Barton from Missouri.
Lamar Township is a township in Barton County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2000 census , its population was 1,569. The township completely surrounds, but does not include, the city of Lamar, Missouri .
A sundown town is an all-White community that shows or has shown hostility toward non-Whites. Sundown town practices may be evoked in the form of city ordinances barring people of color after dark, exclusionary covenants for housing opportunity, signage warning ethnic groups to vacate, unequal treatment by local law enforcement, and unwritten rules permitting harassment.
Liberal is a city in Barton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 629 at the 2020 census. [4] Liberal was founded as an atheist utopia in 1880 by lawyer George Walser, who named it after the Liberal League in nearby Lamar. The city had restrictions on both religious buildings and saloons, instead offering intellectual pursuits.
A municipality incorporates as a 4th Class city if the population is between 500 and 2,999 (under 500, it may incorporate as a village [1] – see list of villages in Missouri). It may incorporate as a 3rd Class city if the population is between 3,000 and 29,999. [2] There is more flexibility in government for 3rd Class cities than 4th Class.
Jasper is located one mile south of the Barton-Jasper county line.It is on U.S. Route 71 approximately ten miles south of Lamar and ten miles north of Carthage. [4]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.13 square miles (2.93 km 2), of which 1.11 square miles (2.87 km 2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km 2) is water.