What is Lamar, Texas?
'''Lamar''' is a small community in [[Aransas County, Texas|Aransas County]], [[Texas]], ten miles north of [[Rockport, Texas|Rockport]] and forty miles north of [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]]. Like the (otherwise unconnected) [[Lamar County, Texas|Lamar County]] it was named for [[Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar|Mirabeau B. Lamar]], the second president of the [[Republic of Texas]]. {{Aransas County, Texas}} [[Category:Cities in Texas]] {{US-geo-stub}}