This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1MB.2ACI/2985.1 Message Board Post: Linda, The short answer is no. Neither are any of the townships now named Lamar. I'm not up on the township history. There is a Joplin township in Jasper Co. There isn't now any Lamar township in Newton Co. either. Nor have there been, as far as I can tell, any Lamar Cities in Jasper or Newton counties. Barton County is the only one that has a Lamar Township as well as a Lamar city. Boundaries and names have changed between the counties from time to time through the years. Here's a link to the mailing list Archives, where I once answered a question refering to these changes. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/MOJASPER/2005-08/1123285258 Is it possible, due to the handwriting and or spelling, that you are reading it incorrectly? What time period does it seem to be. I do not find any references to a Lamar county anywhere in Missouri. Is it possible they could have lived in Joplin, Lamar in Missouri, meaning Joplin & Lamar in Missouri? Maybe if you'll give their names, we can find where they may have been in the Federal census. That could help answer the question if we can find them. Orlena