Lamar, Colorado

The City of Lamar is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Prowers County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 8,869 at the U.S. Census 2000.

Lamar in Supervolcano
The Governor of Colorado was in Lamar when the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupted. He ordered out the National Guard to assist in protecting lives and property while still in Lamar. Vanessa Ferguson reflected that the town was a couple of hundred miles further from the volcano than Denver and so the Governor might not yet have realized the seriousness of the situation.