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Lamar County, Texas

46 topographic sheets cover 72 settlements here, and 37 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

37 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
Lamar County within Texas

What the record shows

  • 749 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 37 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 32 buildings, 3 districts and 2 structures.
  • 1 of the 37 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 73 populated places in this county; 72 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

37

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Atkinson-Morris Housebuilding198888001914
Bailey-Ragland Housebuilding198888001917
Benjamin and Adelaide Baldwin Housebuilding198888001925
Baty-Plummer Housebuilding198888001931
Thomas and Bettie Brazelton Housebuilding198888001932
Carlton-Gladden Housebuilding198888001933
Church Street Historic Districtdistrict198888001936
J. M. and Emily Daniel Housebuilding198888001921
First Church of Christ, Scientistbuilding198888001912
First Presbyterian Churchbuilding198888001913
First United Methodist Churchbuilding198383003146
John Chisum Gibbons Housebuilding198888001923
High Housebuilding198888001920
House at 705 3rd Street, SEbuilding198888001935
Edwin and Mary Jenkins Housebuilding198888001927
Johnson-McCuistion Housebuilding198888001911
Lamar County Hospitalbuilding198888001918
William and Etta Latimer Housebuilding198888001930
Samuel Bell Maxey Housebuilding197171000943
McCormic-Bishop Housebuilding198888001910
Means-Justiss Housebuilding198888001934
Morris-Moore Housebuilding198888001926
Mt. Canaan Baptist Churchbuilding2024100010581
Paris Commercial Historic Districtdistrict201788001937
Paris Grocer Companybuilding2025100012326
Pine Bluff-Fitzhugh Historic Districtdistrict198888001938
Thaddeus and Josepha Preston Housebuilding198888001915
Ragland Housebuilding198888001922
Rodgers-Wade Furniture Companybuilding198888001919
Santa Fe-Frisco Depotbuilding199888001939
Scott-Roden Mansionbuilding198383003147
St. Paul's Baptist Churchbuilding198888001928
State Highway 5 Bridge at High Creekstructure199696001102
State Highway Bridge 5 at Big Pine Creekstructure199696001103
W. S. and Mary Trigg Housebuilding198888001924
Wise-Fielding House and Carriage Housebuilding198888001916
Edgar and Annie Wright Housebuilding198888001929

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

2

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1885 - Paris, Texas, county seat of Lamar County
Bird's-eye view (1885) - Paris, Texas, county seat of Lamar County. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 187? - Lamar County, Texas
Land ownership map (187?) - Lamar County, Texas. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

3 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 3 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Brown Roden, 425 Church Street, Paris, Texas, Boston Public Library - undated
Brown Roden, 425 Church Street, Paris, Texas. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
North Texas Supply Co., Boston Public Library - undated
North Texas Supply Co.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
NET Motor Lines, dependable - convenient - fast, North East Texas Motor Lines Inc., Boston Public Library - undated
NET Motor Lines, dependable - convenient - fast, North East Texas Motor Lines Inc.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

37 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,068 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 37 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-02-07, scale 1:32800
1949-02-07, scale 1:32800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-02-07, scale 1:32800
1949-02-07, scale 1:32800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-02-07, scale 1:32800
1949-02-07, scale 1:32800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-02-07, scale 1:32800
1949-02-07, scale 1:32800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-11-21, scale 1:69000
1952-11-21, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-02-20, scale 1:18500
1955-02-20, scale 1:18500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-02-20, scale 1:18500
1955-02-20, scale 1:18500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-10-22, scale 1:86036
1955-10-22, scale 1:86036. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-10-22, scale 1:86651
1955-10-22, scale 1:86651. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-06, scale 1:18000
1961-10-06, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-06, scale 1:18000
1961-10-06, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-06, scale 1:18000
1961-10-06, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-06, scale 1:18000
1961-10-06, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:17200
1964-02-10, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:17200
1964-02-10, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:17200
1964-02-10, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:17200
1964-02-10, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-11, scale 1:18000
1974-02-11, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-11, scale 1:18000
1974-02-11, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-11, scale 1:18000
1974-02-11, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-11, scale 1:18000
1974-02-11, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-17, scale 1:24800
1976-03-17, scale 1:24800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-17, scale 1:24800
1976-03-17, scale 1:24800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-17, scale 1:24800
1976-03-17, scale 1:24800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-17, scale 1:24800
1976-03-17, scale 1:24800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-14, scale 1:80000
1978-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-14, scale 1:80000
1978-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-14, scale 1:80000
1978-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-14, scale 1:80000
1978-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64600
1979-11-10, scale 1:64600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64600
1979-11-10, scale 1:64600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64600
1979-11-10, scale 1:64600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-10, scale 1:64600
1979-11-10, scale 1:64600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-07, scale 1:65000
1982-03-07, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-07, scale 1:66000
1982-03-07, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-07, scale 1:65000
1982-03-07, scale 1:65000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1982-03-07, scale 1:66000
1982-03-07, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

10 stations, 2 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

66 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 139-1Justice Precinct 1: Paris city: Paris city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Grand Ave., Clarksville; 12th S. E.; Austin, 10th S. E., Woodlawn, 8th S. E., Sherman; 3rd S. E.
  • 139-2Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 1 excluding Gibraltar Hotel Bounded by Grand Ave.; 3rd S. E., Sherman, 5th S. E.; Texas & Pacific Railway; 1st S. W.
  • 139-3Gibraltar Hotel (In Paris city, Ward 1, in Justice Precinct 1)
  • 139-4Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Sherman; 8th S. E.; Texas & Pacific Railway; 5th S. E.
  • 139-5Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Woodlawn, 10th S. E., Austin; 12th S. E.; Texas & Pacific Railway; 8th S. E.
  • 139-6Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Clarksville, City limits; City limits; City limits, Texas & Pacific Railway; 12th S. E.
  • 139-7Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Texas & Pacific Railway; City limits; City limits; Ward line, 1st S. W.
  • 139-8Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Bonham; 1st S. W.; Kaufman, 5th S. W., Sherman; 12th S. W.
  • 139-9Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Bonham; 12th S. W.; Sherman, City limits; 25th S. W.
  • 139-10Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Bonham; 25th S. W.; City limits; City limits
  • 139-11Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Sherman, 5th S. W., Kaufman; 1st S. W.; Washington, 7th S. W., Washington; City limits
  • 139-12Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Washington, 7th S. W., Washington; 1st S. W., Ward line; City limits; City limits
  • 139-13Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; N. Main; Provine, 1st N. W., Shiloh, 4th N. W., Shiloh; 5th N. W., Campbell, 4th N. W., Henderson, 7th N. W., City limits
  • 139-14Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits, 7th N. W., Henderson; 4th N. W., Campbell, 5th N. W., Shiloh, 5th N. W.; Graham; 9th N. W., Cherry, 9th N. W., Campbell, 9th N. W., Henderson, St. Louis San Francisco Railroad
  • 139-15Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; St. Louis San Francisco Railroad, Henderson, 9th N. W., Campbell, 9th N. W., Cherry, 9th N. W.; Graham; 14th N. W., Shiloh, 14th N. W., Campbell, 15th N. W., Henderson, 14th N. W.
  • 139-16Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; 14th N. W., Henderson, 15th N. W., Campbell, 14th N. W., Shiloh, 14th N. W.; Graham; City limits
  • 139-17Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits, Graham; 19th N. W.; Bonham; City limits
  • 139-18Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Graham; 4th N. W.; Bonham; 19th N. w.
  • 139-19Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Shiloh, 4th N. W., Shiloh, 1st N. M., Provine; N. Main; Grand Ave., 1st S. W., Bonham; 4th N. W. Graham, 5th N. W.
  • 139-20Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Old city limits; Old city limits, City limits, City limits; Lamar Ave.; 17th N. E., Pine Bluff, 14th N. E.
  • 139-21Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Old City limits; 14th N. E.; Pine Bluff; 11th N. E.
  • 139-22Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Old city limits, 11th N.E., Tudor; 7th N. E., 7th N.E. extended, Hickory Ave., Fitzhugh Ave.
  • 139-23Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; Fitzhugh Ave., Hickory Ave., 7th N.E. extended, 7th N.E.; Grove, 5th N. E., Provine; N. Main, U. S. Highway 277, City limits
  • 139-24Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Provine, 5th N. E., Grove; 7th N. E., Tudor, 5th N. E.; Pine Bluff; N. Main
  • 139-25Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Pine Bluff; 6th N. E., 6th S. E.; Grand Ave.; N. Main
  • 139-26Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Tudor; 11th N. E.; Pine Bluff; 5th N. E.
  • 139-27Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Pine Bluff; 12th N. E., 12th S. E.; Clarksville, Grand Ave.; 6th S. E., 6th N. E.
  • 139-28Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Pine Bluff; 17th N. E., Lamar Ave., 19th S. E.; Clarksville; 12th S. E., 12th N. E.
  • 139-29Justice Precinct 1: Paris city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Lamar Ave., City limits; City limits; Clarksville; 19th S. E.
  • 139-30Justice Precinct 1 - That part northwest of State Highway 195 and east of U. S. Highway 271, outside Paris city
  • 139-31Justice Precinct 1 - That part west of U. S. Hwy 271 and northeast of State Highway 79, outside Paris city
  • 139-32Justice Precinct 1 - That part southwest of State Highway 79 and north of U. S. Highway 82, outside Paris city
  • 139-33Justice Precinct 1 - That part southeast of State Highway 195 and north of U. S. Highway 82, outside Paris city
  • 139-34Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of U. S. Highway 82 and east of State Highway 24, outside Paris city
  • 139-35Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of U. S. Highway 82 and west of State Highway 24, outside Paris city
  • 139-36Justice Precinct 2: Roxton, unincorporated (See boundaries shown on aerial photo CSY-21-18)
  • 139-37Justice Precinct 2 - That part northwest of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, east of State Highway 38, and southeast of U.S. Highway 82, outside Roxton, unincorporated (See aerial photo CSY-21-18 for boundaries of Roxton)
  • 139-38Justice Precinct 2 - That part west and north of U.S. Highway 82, west of State Highway 38, north of State Highway 137, and east of Unnamed rd. extending northward from State Highway 137 to precinct line, outside Roxton unincorporated (See aerial photo CSY-21-18 for boundaries of Roxton)
  • 139-39Justice Precinct 2 - That part west of Unnamed road extending southward from precinct line to intersection with Texas & Pacific Railway, and north of Texas & Pacific Railway
  • 139-40Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of Texas & Pacific Railway, west of Unnamed road extending southward from Texas & Pacific Railway to State Highway 137, and north of State Highway 137 and Noble - Honey Grove Rd.
  • 139-41Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of Honey Grove - Noble Rd. and west of Nobles Creek
  • 139-42Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of State Highway 137, west of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and east of Nobles Creek, outside Roxton unincorporated (See aerial photo CSY-21-18 for boundaries of Roxton)
  • 139-43Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of State Highway 137, west of Roxton - Cooper Rd., and east of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, outside Roxton, unincorporated (See aerial photo CSY-21-18 for boundaries of Roxton)
  • 139-44Justice Precinct 2 - That part southeast of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, east of Cooper - Roxton Rd., and north of State Highway 137, outside Roxton unincorporated (See aerial photo CSY-21-18 for boundaries of Roxton)
  • 139-45Justice Precinct 3: Justice Precinct 3 - That part northeast of Rockford - Biardstown Rd., and east of Click Creek
  • 139-46Justice Precinct 3 - That part southwest of Biardstown - Rockford Rd. and east of Click Creek
  • 139-47Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of Click Creek and east of Cooper - Paris Rd. and State Highway 24
  • 139-48Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of Paris - Cooper Rd. and State Highway 24
  • 139-49Justice Precinct 4: Blossom town
  • 139-50Justice Precinct 4 - That part north of Postoak - Faught Rd.
  • 139-51Ju tice Precinct 4 - That part south of Faught - Postoak Rd. and north of U.S. Highway 82, outside Blossom town
  • 139-52Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of U.S. Highway 82, outside Blossom town
  • 139-53Justice Precinct 5: Justice Precinct 5 - That part north and east of State Highway 197 and Forest Grove School - Garretts Bluff Rd. extending to county line
  • 139-54Justice Precinct 5 - That part west and south of Garretts Bluff- Forest Grove School Rd. extending to county line, and west of Garretts Bluff - Postoak School Rd.
  • 139-55Justice Precinct 5 - That part south of Garretts Bluff - Forest Grove School Rd. and State Highway 197 and east of Postoak School - Garretts Bluff Rd.
  • 139-56Justice Precinct 6: Justice Precinct 6 - That part northeast of State Highway 79 and Unity - Direct Rd.
  • 139-57Justice Precinct 6 - That part southwest of Direct - Unity Rd. and State Highway 79 and north of Hopewell School - Cothran's Store Rd. extending to Fannin County line
  • 139-58Justice Precinct 6 - That part south of Cothran's Store - Hopewell School Rd. extending to Fannin County line
  • 139-59Justice Precinct 7: Deport town - That part in Lamar county, comprising part of Justice Precinct 7 (Remainder of Deport town is in Justice Precinct 3, Red River County)
  • 139-60Justice Precinct 7 - That part northeast of Paris & Mount Pleasant Railroad, outside Deport town
  • 139-61Justice Precinct 7 - That part southwest of Paris & Mount Pleasant Railroad, and north of Deport - Biardstown Rd., outside Deport town
  • 139-62Justice Precinct 7 - That part southwest of Biardstown - Deport Rd., west and south of Sandy Creek, and south of Brushy Creek
  • 139-63Justice Precinct 7 - That part south of Biardstown - Deport Rd. and northeast of Sandy and Brushy Creeks
  • 139-64Justice Precinct 8: Justice Precinct 8 - That part north of Medill - Powderly Rd., and east of U. S. Highway 271
  • 139-65Justice Precinct 8 - That part west of U. S. Highway 271
  • 139-66Justice Precinct 8 - That part south of Powderly - Medill Rd., and east of U. S. Highway 271

Wildfire, 1996 to 2020

1,238 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,238 of them, burning about 17,202 acres. 14 started naturally and 51 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning727
Missing data/not specified/undetermined247
Equipment and vehicle use131
Arson/incendiarism51
Smoking27
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural14
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
23 February 2009Debris and open burning535 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBEULAH WOODS
28 December 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 March 2011Debris and open burning500 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11838 HWY 271
4 March 2012Debris and open burning500 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11838 HWY 271
3 March 2006Debris and open burning400 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCAMP MAXIE
24 February 2007Arson/incendiarism400 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHICOTA
19 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use274 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMETRO GATES FIRE
26 January 2006Arson/incendiarism250 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEST POST OAK

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1957 to 2026

60 of 565 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 565 reports for this county, causing 11 deaths, 245 injuries and about $43,827,740 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Hail267
Thunderstorm Wind197
Tornado47
Flash Flood43
Flood4
Lightning3
Heavy Rain2
Funnel Cloud2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1982Tornado (F4)not stated10 killed, 170 hurt, $25,000,000no account filed
April 1957Tornado (F2)not stated1 killed, 2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
May 1981Tornado (F4)not stated30 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
May 1990Tornado (F2)not stated13 hurtno account filed
November 2022Tornado (EF4)High10 hurt, $5,000,000A tornado formed near Brookston in western Lamar County and tracked rapidly northeastward, passing to the northwest of Paris, Texas before exiting the northern edge of Lamar County, east of Arthur City. The tornado continued into Choctaw County Oklahoma and additional information about the damage in that county can be found in a separate entry. Several dozen individual homes, businesses and outbuildings were impacted across western and northern Lamar County. Damage consistent with EF-3 intensity tornadic winds of 150-160 mph were identified at several locations west through north of Paris. In particular, several residences along Farm Market Road 1499 northwest of Paris were completely unroofed, with most external and internal walls destroyed. This damage was consistent with tornado intensities of approximately 160 mph. One particular house on CR 33620 revealed EF-4 damage, with estimated winds of at least 170 MPH. EF-3 damage of 145 to 155 mph was also identified with a small number of structures along Farm to Market Road 906 near Mideity, as well as with a residence along Farm to Market Road 2820 west-northwest of Paris. Primary damage to these structures was the total loss of roofs and large-scale interior and exterior wall failure. EF-2 damage, consistent with winds of 111 to 135 mph, was identified with a number of other structures along the tornado's path. Structures with this degree of damage had either all or large portions of their roofs destroyed or significantly damaged, with some wall failures. Widespread EF-1 damage was also apparent all along the track from Brookston to east of Arthur City, as evidenced by trees uprooted, power poles snapped, outbuildings severely damaged, and/or wood frame homes with serious roof damage. Maximum estimated winds were 170 mph.
May 1985Tornado (F2)not stated8 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
April 1974Tornado (F2)not stated6 hurt, $25,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindCunningham1 hurt, $120,000The Paris News reported on CR 16130 near FM 1503 south of Deport a mobile home with one occupant rolled four times and was completely torn apart with one minor injury.
March 1973Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
April 2007Thunderstorm WindTigertown1 hurt, $5,000One mobile home was destroyed and another damaged. One person was hit in the face and cut by flying debris from the mobile homes.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPat Mayse Lake1 hurt, $3,000A tree fell on a camper and tent at Pat Mayse Lake Camping area with a minor injury reported. There were also multiple reports of trees down across northern Lamar County.
May 1991Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
April 1991Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
April 1982Tornado (F3)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
April 1996HailBlossom$800,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMinter$500,000Social media video showed major wind damage occurred to a solar panel farm near Cunningham.
July 2007LightningAmherst$500,000Lightning caused several house fires, with one house considered a total loss. A duplex was also seriously damaged.
April 1994Tornado (F2)Direct to$500,000An intermittent damage path was from one mile southeast of Direct northeast to near Belk. Damage occurred to 15 houses and 35 barns and outbuildings, and an RV was destroyed.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindPowderly$250,000Strong winds damaged several hangars at the airport. Several small aircraft were also damaged by the winds.
March 1987Tornado (F0)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 2025Flash FloodParis$200,000Social media reports indicate several roads flooded in and around Paris, including Highway 195 and 24th Street. A few homes were also flooded as well as some vehicles.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindParis$200,000Strong winds damaged hangars at Cox Field. A small aircraft was flipped and several others were damaged. Trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHowland$150,000A survey team determined 80 mph straight-line wind damage caused the long damage swath in southern Lamar Co from near Roxton to Bairdstown. Several houses were damaged and large trees are uprooted and blown over.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindParis Flyng Tgr Arpt$125,000An estimated 23-24 trees were down on houses and roadways in Paris. The most significant damage was on the 600 block of 3rd N.W. Street where a tree fell on a residence. Some trees were 1-2 feet in diameter. A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds in the northwest part of the city.
April 2020HailParks$100,000Lamar County Sheriff's Office reported baseball sized hail on Highway 19/24 a couple of miles south of the city of Paris, TX.
September 2010Tornado (EF0)Novice$100,000An EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 75 mph touched down in far northeastern Lamar County. The tornado touched down near FM 195 and CR 46650, and then moved due east, crossing FM 195. Tree damage was noted early in the track. Near the end of the track, the tornado damaged a few barns; causing them to lose part of their roofs. Near this same location, on CR 45600, a manufactured home was damaged and lost part of its roof.
April 2020Tornado (EF2)Trout Spur$75,000Based on the damage surveyed, this tornado started just to the east-northeast of the Powderly/Camp Maxey area near the Hidden Lakes Estates along FM 3298. Numerous trees were damaged/snapped or uprooted along the path of the tornado with some relatively minor roof damage to a handful of residential structures. The most concentrated damage occurred along County Road 45250 where considerable tree damage occurred and the EF-2 rating was assigned. The tornado crossed into Red River County for about a quarter of a mile as it was dissipating. Maximum estimated winds were 115 mph.
August 2002LightningSumner$75,000A lightning started fire burned down a house near Sumner.
April 2011HailParis$75,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindParis$75,000no account filed
September 1996Tornado (F0)Deport$75,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindParis$70,000Paris police reported several trees and power lines blown down in the city of Paris.
April 2017HailParks$60,000An amateur radio reported golf ball size hail near Paris, TX.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindAmherst$50,000Social media photos showed a roof completely blown off one home, partial loss of roof decking on another home, and trees snapped on PR 42495 at FM 195.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindJennings$50,000The Paris News reported and satellite imagery showed an unoccupied mobile home was rolled a couple times but remained mostly intact.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindParis$50,000Emergency management reported numerous trees and power lines down, several barns damaged, and several roofs of homes damaged in the city of Paris, TX.
May 2016HailParks$50,000Emergency management reported golf ball sized hail at Loop 286 in south Paris, TX.
May 2016HailSumner$50,000A trained spotter reported baseball sized hail near the town of Sumner.
December 2015FloodDirect$50,000Numerous county roads remained flooded across the county after several inches of heavy rain. Highway 271 southeast of Paris near CR 14250 remained closed through about noon on the 28th.
November 2015FloodDirect$50,000Many county roads and low water crossings are flooded across the county after several inches of rain fell. Barricades have been placed in some locations.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindParis$50,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds, and one large tree was blown into a house, causing extensive damage.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindUnity$50,000Thunderstorm wind damage was reported to trees and power lines in Unity.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindSummer$50,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a barn and damaged the roof of a house.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindPowderly$40,000no account filed
April 2011Thunderstorm WindPetty$35,000Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted and snapped trees and tree limbs across Lamar County. Power poles were also snapped, and the giant steer at Sirloin Stockade on NE Loop 286 in Paris was blown off its trailer moorings and tossed across the parking lot.
May 2006HailSumner$35,000Baseball-size was hail reported nine miles northwest of Paris. Many windows were broken.
May 2006HailParis$35,000Golf ball-size hail broke windows at an elementary and a high school.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindParis$35,000Three houses were unroofed and a night club with a metal roof was unroofed by thunderstorm winds.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindBrookston$35,000A barn, two sheds, a satellite dish, part of a fence, and trees were destroyed by high winds.
May 2016Flash FloodParis$30,000Amateur radio reported water coming into homes on Clark Lane in southeast Paris, TX.
May 2016Flash FloodParks$30,000A trained spotter reported multiple cars flooded approximately 1 mile north-northwest of Paris, TX with multiple high water rescues ongoing.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindParis$30,000A motel and a restaurant sustained damage to their roofs on Highway 271 and Loop 286 on the north side of town. Power lines were also blown down.
May 2019HailBlossom$25,000Emergency management reported baseball size hail in the city of Blossom, TX.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindGivens$25,000A downburst caused damage on the east side of Paris. Power lines and trees were knocked down, and roof and minor building damage was sustained to a few buildings; including the CVS pharmacy near Lamar Avenue and Highway 271. The metal-roofed garage next to a home on Smallwood Road was destroyed.
April 2011HailParis$25,000Tennis ball sized hail fell on Highway 271 north of Paris.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindGeorgia$25,000A barn was blown down, some carports were blown down, and several homes were unroofed.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindParis$25,000A mobile home was destroyed by thunderstorm winds.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindParis$25,000A roof was blown off a house.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindParis$25,000Parts of buildings were blown away, and trees and power lines were blown down.
April 1982Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed

Mines and quarries

5 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 5 workings inside this county. 1 still produces and 4 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Limestone, General3
Sand and Gravel, Construction2

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ford Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
UnknownLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

73

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.