title: Lamont, Mississippi
text: # Lamont, Mississippi
  
  Lamont is an unincorporated community located in southern Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States on Mississippi Highway 1 on the Bolivar County/Washington County border. Lamont is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Winterville and approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Scott. Lamont is located at the junction of two branches of the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.
  
  A post office first began operation under the name Lamont in 1888.
  
  Irene Scruggs, a Piedmont blues and country blues singer, was born in Lamont.
  
  