COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1841
COUNTY NAMED FOR: Mirabeau B. Lamar, the fourth president of the Republic of Texas.
COUNTY SEATS:
Two - Layfayette and Paris.
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Paris, France.
COURTHOUSES:
Six - 1841 in Lafayette; 1844, 1847, 1873, 1896, and 1917 in Paris.
STANDING: One -1917 Classical Revival building with Romanesque features, and constructed of marble, and granite.
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